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Author: Epicurus Of Albion

Skeptic, naturalist and existential-nihilist philospher, Epicurus is interested in the Greco-Roman philosophies of antiquity as well as admiring from the stoa its cultural and aesthetical milleu. Epicurus takes to connoisseuring from the philosophical punch the many schools of philosophy and testing their wisdom.
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No Soul, No Problem: Feuerbach and the Myth of Mind–Body Dualism

The dualism of mind and body—the belief that we possess an incorporeal essence, a soul that is truly “us,” and that the body is merely a vessel or flesh-puppet animated Continue Reading

Posted On : 27th May 2025 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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S***’s Creek Without Marxist Dialectics: A brief history of Britain

Introduction I’ve been working on this article for some time now, here and there dipping into Historical materialism, the primary Marxist methodology to studying not just history, but the approach Continue Reading

Posted On : 21st April 2025 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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What is hyperreality and why it matters

Has the thought ever crossed your mind that life feels increasingly artificial, as if everything around us is more curated than real? In an age dominated by screens, media, and Continue Reading

Posted On : 26th February 2025 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Immortality Illusion

Our focus is fame’s ancient precursor: kleos! And I’d like to explore it in some depth so I can set the tone of this article. Kleos is an ancient Greek Continue Reading

Posted On : 27th January 2025 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Illusion of Suffering

If we could sum up the essence of this article in one overarching sentiment, it would be captured by this quote from our favourite Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius: “Whatever the Continue Reading

Posted On : 16th December 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Great Economic Chain

  The Great Chain of Being was once a dominant concept that provided a vertically ranked hierarchical structure to the universe, with God at the top, followed by angels, humans, Continue Reading

Posted On : 11th September 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Doctrine of Flux

Heraclitus was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Ephesus, in what is now Turkey, around 535-475 BCE. At Standupphilosophers, we embrace his doctrine of flux: Heraclitus believed that everything Continue Reading

Posted On : 27th June 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Fragility of Potential: Reflections on Nietzsche’s Acorn

In Friedrich Nietzsche’s aphoristic brilliance, we find a profound meditation on potential and its precarious nature: ‘The most wretched little animal can prevent the mightiest oak tree from coming into Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th April 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Stoicism vs the Crowd

Recently I’ve been revisiting Seneca’s Moral Epistles which are a letter collection of 124 letters addressed to his friend Lucilius. Among these letters, Letter VII, better known as ‘On Crowds’ has caught my Continue Reading

Posted On : 8th April 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Contemplations on Space

And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin —Matthew 6:28-29   From this passage, Jesus Continue Reading

Posted On : 5th April 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Buddha view of Desire

Buddhism is more than just a religion, it’s a philosophy of the mind that’s been offering profound insights since around 500BC—plenty of time for contemplating the mind! What I’d like Continue Reading

Posted On : 20th March 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Modern Philistine

There’s an archetype I’ve been thinking about for quite some time now based on my own observations about how certain people behave that includes their beliefs, psychology etc. in regards Continue Reading

Posted On : 19th March 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Transduction, the neglected weapon of Naturalism

  Crack open any neuroscience textbook and you’ll be taught about the processes of the brain and the relationships between sensory organs, neural activity, and even the arising of subjective Continue Reading

Posted On : 4th March 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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A less encumbered philosopher

Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, responded to the news of a shipwreck and the loss of his belongings with a Stoic attitude, remarking that Fortune was advising him to be Continue Reading

Posted On : 14th February 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Peace of Mind is best Mind!

If getting a happy, peaceful mind were simply distilled into a pill (without side effects), everyone would be on it— and the guy that patented it would be stinking rich! Continue Reading

Posted On : 10th February 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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The Employee’s Persona: The Inauthenticity of Capitalism

Philosophy is a curious thing, able to touch upon areas thought untouchable. One such philosophy is existentialism, it stands as a compelling exploration of human existence, individual freedom, and the Continue Reading

Posted On : 28th January 2024 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
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Legacy of Dead Labour

“Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted Continue Reading

Posted On : 18th December 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion
"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering," is from Friedrich Nietzsche's book titled "Twilight of the Idols,"
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Constructing Meaning in a Post-Nihilistic Landscape

The state of grand meaning in this day and age can be encapsulated by one phrase ‘God is dead’, Nietzsche’s notorious proclamation rings like the doctor tasked to bear the Continue Reading

Posted On : 29th November 2023 Published By : Epicurus Of Albion

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