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u/jumpstartation · 17 pointsr/Foodforthought

I made a post in /r/Stoicism a while ago when someone asked about books for Epicureanism. I'll just repost it here:

The influences of Epicurus spread through much of the writings of other philosophers and major historical figures. Prominent examples include Isaac Newton, Karl Marx, and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, the pursuit of happiness part from Jefferson's Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was likely heavily influenced by Epicurus.

Anyway, here's some reading material since /r/Epicurus is a barren wasteland where everyone seems to just downvote none stop:

  • On the Nature of Things by Lucretius. Here's the translation I have. Most of Epicurus' writings have unfortunately not survived. As a result, this remains the best primary resource for those wishing to study Epicureanism.

  • The Art of Happiness by Epicurus and others. This is a collection of Epicurean writings, including Epicurus' fragments. It also includes some of Lucretius' writings from the above work, plus other stuff that you can read in the Amazon description, so keep that in mind when considering buying.

  • The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt is a narrative of the discovery of the old Lucretius manuscript of The Nature of Things by Poggio, a fifteenth-century Florentine and Roman scholar. Greenblatt analyzes the poem's subsequent impact on the development of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and modern science.

  • The fragments of Epicurus.

    And some extra stuff that might be worth checking out:

  • The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus, trans. Eugene O'Connor

  • The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism by James Warren
u/Autobrot · 3 pointsr/SeriousConversation

You sound like you might enjoy Epicurus

u/Sherbert42 · 3 pointsr/askphilosophy

I'm no expert on Epicurus, but this looks vaguely promising.