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Then I will be happy! Fame and being Insulted

    I wrote this article about three miscellaneous themes we encounter in life. Namely, goal directed behaviour (then I will be happy), fame and being at the receiving end Continue Reading

Posted On : 22nd January 2018 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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We’ve already mentioned in some of our other articles on this site that to live for pleasure alone is probably not a good life.  It’s ironic that the pursuit of Continue Reading

Posted On : 22nd January 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Thoughts on The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius

Before reading the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, I would highly recommend that you get yourself a modern translation of it. It can be hard to read an older version as Continue Reading

Posted On : 17th January 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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Time Gives No Refunds!

This article is concerned with the theme of time as an important commodity. With an analysis of Seneca’s ‘On Saving Time’ a short letter to Lucilius, Seneca’s friend. I pick Continue Reading

Posted On : 16th January 2018 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Marcus Aurelius on the futility of Kleos (Everlasting Fame)

We’ve all seen them, those fame hungry and vapid stars of reality TV who hope that a few weeks brief appearance on some ‘entertainment,’ show will elevate them to the Continue Reading

Posted On : 4th January 2018 Published By : Comicus Muo
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The Poem of Eternal Death by Lucretius

      Death has no loopholes. All of us must meet it in the end. We go through the same motions in the same old place. No measure Of Continue Reading

Posted On : 2nd January 2018 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion

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