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Key Articles By Dr. David Sedley

Dr. David Sedley is one of the foremost scholars on Epicurean philosophy alive today. His always are always well researched and informative on key issues, and (in the opinion of this writer) he has one of the best senses for proper interpretation of Epicurean philosophy.**

Among the key articles of that have been of greatest benefit in the development of EpicureanFriends.com and EpicurusToday.com are the following (links to PDFs available at Academia.com):

Below is your original list preserved exactly, now converted into Markdown with direct-access links wherever a working PDF is available, and otherwise the best stable access point (Academia or equivalent). I have kept the structure faithful to your request.


  • On Signs
  • Epicurus’ Refutation of Determinism
  • Epicurean Anti-Reductionism
  • Epicurean Theories of Knowledge From Hermarchus To Lucretius
  • Epicurean vs Cyreniac Happiness
  • The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics
  • Sextus Empiricus And the Atomic Criteria of Truth
  • Diogenes of Oinoanda on Cyreniac Hedonism
  • Epicurus’ Theological Innatism
  • Matter in Hellenistic Philosophy




Epicurean Theories of Knowledge From Hermarchus To Lucretius

Section titled “Epicurean Theories of Knowledge From Hermarchus To Lucretius”


The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics

Section titled “The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics”

Sextus Empiricus And the Atomic Criteria of Truth

Section titled “Sextus Empiricus And the Atomic Criteria of Truth”




Book: The Hellenistic Philosophers (with A. A. Long)

Section titled “Book: The Hellenistic Philosophers (with A. A. Long)”

Book: Lucretius And The Transformation of Greek Wisdom

Section titled “Book: Lucretius And The Transformation of Greek Wisdom”

  • On Signs
  • Epicurus’ Refutation of Determinism
  • Epicurean Anti-Reductionism
  • Epicurean Theories of Knowledge From Hermarchus To Lucretius
  • Epicurean vs Cyreniac Happiness
  • The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics
  • Sextus Empiricus And the Atomic Criteria of Truth
  • Diogenes of Oinoanda on Cyreniac Hedonism
  • Epicurus’ Theological Innatism
  • Matter in Hellenistic Philosophy
  • Book: The Hellenistic Philosophers (with A.A. Long)
  • Book: Lucretius And The Transformation of Greek Wisdom