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Monadnock Valley Press: Epicurus
Monadnock Valley Press: Epicurus The Monadnock Valley Press has published new public-domain translations of the following works by Epicurus: Letter to Menoikeus Principal Doctrines Vatican Sayings Selected Fragments Selected Testimonia (in progress) Selections from the Life and Thought of Epicurus by Diogenes Laertius (in progress)
Principal Doctrines, by Epicurus - Monadnock
A new, public-domain translation of the Principal Doctrines of Epicurus, including the original Greek text along with notes on the translation.
Selected Fragments, by Epicurus - Monadnock
A new, public-domain translation of some selected fragments from the writings of Epicurus, including the original Greek text along with notes on the translation.
Letter to Menoikeus, by Epicurus - Monadnock
A new, public-domain translation of the Letter to Menoikos of Epicurus, including the original Greek text along with notes on the translation.
Vatican Sayings, by Epicurus - Monadnock
A new, public-domain translation of the Vatican Sayings by Epicurus, including the original Greek text along with notes on the translation.
Ancient Testimonia about Epicurus - Monadnock
The testimonia are Greek paraphrases or Latin translations of the thoughts of Epicurus as found in ancient authors. The numbering follows that of Hermann Usener in his 1887 volume Epicurea.
Selections from The Life of Epicurus, by Diogenes Laertius
Selections from The Life of Epicurus by Diogenes Laertius, including the original Greek text along with notes on the translation.
On Philosophy and Friendship, by Seneca
On Philosophy and Friendship translated by Richard Mott Gummere Seneca greets his friend Lucilius. You desire to know whether Epicurus is right when, in one of his letters, he rebukes those who hold that the wise man is self-sufficient and for that reason does not stand in need of friendships. This is the objection raised by Epicurus against Stilbo and those who believe that the Supreme Good ...
The Wisdom of Life, by Arthur Schopenhauer - Monadnock
The Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer translated by T. Bailey Saunders Chapter III: Property, Or What a Man Has Epicurus divides the needs of mankind into three classes, and the division made by this great professor of happiness is a true and a fine one. First come natural and necessary needs, such as, when not satisfied, produce pain, — food and clothing, victus et amictus, needs which ...
De Finibus, by Cicero
But the opinion of Epicurus about pleasure was formerly defended with great precision by Lucius Torquatus, a man accomplished in every kind of learning; and I myself replied to him, while Caius Triarius, a most learned and worthy young man, was present at the discussion.
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