Epicurus was political insofar as he saw that it was in the best interest of society that people carry out agreements that promote fellowship and common sense cooperation. This implied a contractual form of government. But Epicurus and his followers disapproved of advocacy for social change. They saw political struggle as creating unnecessary stress, and …
Websites about Epicureanism seem to proliferate, most of them saying the same things, with little new. The problem with Epicureanism in particular is that so many of the ancient writings were either lost or were deliberately destroyed by early Christians, but this does not deter people from regurgitating the fragments left ad nauseam. But to …
“If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values: they’re hobbies”. Jon Stewart, quoted in the Cape Cod Times
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot, quoted in The Times
With every politely respectful human interaction that withers away, a part of our community, our communality, dies. Not responding to a text message or an email is not clever; it’s rude. Not thanking an aunt or a grandparent for a birthday or Christmas present offends the giver. Walking at an old lady and forcing her …
