Tag Archives: Epicurus

How Do We Assess Risk?

It’s hard to accept. We don’t live in a risk free world. Not now, not ever. How risk averse we are, however, differs wildly. In many places the world over, children pile up on or in the back of bikes, trucks, and taxis with nary a care in the world. Seatbelts? What are those? Heads

Written on May 25, 2020 at 8:25 pm, by plato

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Donald Robertson, Epicurus, Risk, risk assessment

Should We Panic?

I never take public transport. Well, almost never. In the last ten years in this country, I’ve probably gone on a train and/or bus -combined- 8 times? So it was a bit out of the ordinary that I took the Subte on Tuesday ‘for fun’ to the hospital to pick up some routine check up

Written on March 9, 2020 at 4:35 pm, by plato

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: Athenian Plague, Coronavirus, Epicurus, Marcus Aurelius, Panic, Plague, Thucydides

Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus

Written By Alex Barrientos, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom Resolutions are notoriously difficult to keep. It’s why we joke and tease about the fact that gyms tend to be packed in the beginning of January but return to normal by February. Whatever motivation there was seems to fade, and the resolution with it. But just because

Written on January 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Philosophy

Tags: Epicureanism, Epicurus, hedonism, Seneca, Stoicism

How to Get Over a Break-Up… and Other Love Tips from Lucretius

By Alex Barrientos, Associate Editor, Classical Wisdom Weekly Being lovers of Classical Wisdom, you are likely familiar with Epicurus and his school of thought. His remedies to deal with the fear of death, his description of what the blessed life consists of, and his praise of friendship, among other things, makes him a lovable figure in

Written on September 20, 2019 at 9:46 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Philosophy

Tags: Epicurean, Epicureanism, Epicurus, love, Lucretius

Christianity and Stoicism

By Rodrigo Ferreyra, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom It is no secret that the origins of Christian thought are closely related to other Mediterranean philosophies and religions. Already determined by its Jewish heritage, Christianity additionally borrowed for itself different elements such as the Golden Age myth, the fatalism of living in a fallen world, and Zoroastrian

Written on September 5, 2019 at 9:52 am, by plato

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Categories: Stoicism

Tags: Ancient Philosophy, Christianity, Epicurus, Saint Gregory the Great, Seneca, Stoicism

Epicurus – Proto-Scientist, Secular-Saint, and Sophisticated Hedonist

By Jacob Bell, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom There is probably no other ancient Greek philosopher who has been so misunderstood in our modern era. Nowadays his philosophy is associated with excess and drinking and food apps… but the reality is, he preached the exact opposite. Indeed, his name should connote moderation, science, atheism, death…and happiness?

Written on January 18, 2019 at 7:37 pm, by plato

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Categories: Philosophers

Tags: Aristotle, Democritus, Epicurean, Epicureanism, Epicurus

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