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Prudence and the Pleasant Life in Epicureanism

Archai: Revista de Estudos sobre as Origens do Pensamento Ocidental
In the following paper, I examine the Epicurean conception of the relation between the virtue of prudence and the pleasant life by means of a discussion of two Epicurean theses, which I label "Inseperability" and "Causality." Inseperability asserts that
Clifford Roberts
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È realmente esistita una polemica tra Arcesilao e la scuola epicurea?

Aitia, 2013
The purpose of this work is to attempt a reconstruction of the debate that existed between the Epicurean school and the Sceptic Academy in the 3rd century BC.
Aurora Corti
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Lucrèce sur les origines et le développement des arts et des métiers

Aitia, 2020
Lucretius’ story of the stages of human development from the primitive condition of the first men to our own era occupies a substantial part of the fifth chant of DRN (925-1457).
Voula Tsouna
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A Model Investigating How Cultural Appropriation Increases Group‐Based Stigma Through Racialized Objectification

Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This work proposes a model exploring how cultural appropriation increases group‐based stigma through racialized objectification, drawing on objectification theory and insights from intergroup relations. First, I discuss how cultural appropriation reduces minoritized individuals to external aesthetics and stereotypes, reinforcing white ...
Ariel J. Mosley
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Epicureanism

, 2010
Excerpt Epicureanism is the seventh title in the University of California Press’s impressive Ancient Philosophies series. The series includes other titles such as Stoicism, Cynics, and Ancient Scepticism, among others.
Mulvey, Ben
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Epicureanism: An Ancient Guide to Modern Wellbeing [PDF]

, 2017
This thesis is concerned with the question of what wellbeing consists in, and how well Epicureanism answers that question. In the first part, I compare some modern approaches to wellbeing: desire-satisfaction, objective-list theories, and hedonism.
Toby Oliver Max Sherman (21879329)
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Tyrannicide and tranquillity: can Epicureanism justify the assassination of Julius Caesar? [PDF]

, 2011
In this essay I discuss the role of Cassius' philosophical beliefs in his decision to assassinate Caesar. I analyse the situation of Cassius and discuss whether or not Epicureanism can justify the assassination, then I use these conclusions to establish ...
Martin, Andrew
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Plutarch's Adversus Colotem and the Cyrenaics: 1120C-1121E

Aitia, 2013
A reading of Plutarch’s Adversus Colotem, 1120C-1121E, with reference to other surviving evidence for Cyrenaic epistemology. In particular, the discussion evaluates two claims made by Plutarch: (1) that Colotes is right to argue ...
James Warren
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Epicurean emotions.

Greek, Roman and Byzantine studies, 1991
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Celestial Aspirations: Classical Impulses in British Poetry and ArtPhilip Hardie. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2022. xi + 361 pp. ISBN 13: 9780691197869. $49.95 (cloth).

Milton Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 37-41, March 2026.
Maggie Kilgour
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