https://epicurustoday.com/blog/ Latest posts and updates from Epicurus Today - Learning About And Living By Nature en-us Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:40:59 +0000 https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-02-25/ https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-02-25/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000 We will be continuing to meet as usual on Wednesday nights, but we will be taking a temporary break in our weekly review of Usener's Epicurea. For the present we will continue splitting our time between (1) open discussion and (2) a focused topic. The plan for the focused topic is to take an item from the "Quotation Outline" we've been setting up at EpicurusToday. https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-01-26/ https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-01-26/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 There is great deal of good information in David Sedley's article on "The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics." Books need to be written on the implications of the points he raises, but for now I've collected some key citations to show what issues are covered. <a href="/04-zoomnotes/20260124">The Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics - Zoom Meeting Notes 20260124</a>. https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-01-09/ https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-01-09/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The EpicurusToday page is now far enough along to post about at EpicureanFriends.com. There remain many broken links and half-written pages, but it should already be useful in its current state. Over time, EpicurusToday.com will become the main URL for host for the side-by-side editions of Diogenes Laertius, Lucretius, Torquatus, and Velleius: - <a href="https://epicurustoday.com/sbslucretius/">Side By Side Lucretius</a> - <a href="https://epicurustoday.com/sbsdiogeneslaertius/">Side By Side Diogenes Laertius X</a> - <a href="https://epicurustoday.com/sbstorquatus/">Side By Side Torquatus</a> - <a href="https://epicurustoday.com/sbsvelleius/">Side By Side Velleius</a> Equally of importance will be the topical outline of quotations which remains in progress: - <a href="https://epicurustoday.com/topicaloutline/">Topical Concept Outline</a> Please let us know any comments or suggestions. https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-01-01/ https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2026-01-01/ Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Today - January 1, 2026 - I am releasing the updated format of EpicurusToday.com. The main function of this site will be to allow me to blog and collect key material in a much more fault-tolerant website format. EpicureanFriends.com is a great website, but it has a very sophisticated database-reliant backend, and in the event of a major server outage recovery would be difficult. https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2025-12-09/ https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2025-12-09/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 As of December 9, 2025, there's much yet to do, but much has been updated already. As the site continues to be developed, please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions. https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2025-10-06/ https://epicurustoday.com/blog/2025-10-06/ Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 As I write this in October of 2025 it's time for a major rewrite of this "gateway" site for the EpicureanFriends community. There's much work to be done, but EpicurusToday.com will eventually become an important supplement to the community as a place for new participants to explore the basics of Epicurean philosophy and decide whether they would like to participate at EpicureanFriends. While the site is under development please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions.