About Hiram Crespo

Hiram Crespo is the founder of Society of Friends of Epicurus and author of Tending the Epicurean Garden (Humanist Press, 2014) and How to Live a Good Life (Penguin Random House, 2020). He has translated a few other works and has been featured in The New Humanism (a publication of Harvard University’s humanist chaplaincy), The Humanist (a publication of the American Humanist Association), Humanist Life (a publication of the British Humanist Association), occupy.com, and other outlets. He contributed a chapter to the upcoming book How to Live a Good Life (Vintage Books, 2019) and compiled The Friends of Epicurus Epitome: Epicurean Writings and Study Guide.

Hiram loves languages and language-learning, and currently is fluent in English, Spanish, and the universal language of diplomacy Esperanto, and also knows enough French to get by and a little German. He recently graduated with high honors from a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at Northeastern Illinois University. He has another blog on goodreads and edits the official newsletter of the Society of Friends of Epicurus, titled Happy 20th!, and Sophie’s Journal, a literary and philosophical collection of works related to Epicurean philosophy.

Book Reviews

Author Page – Facebook, Amazon, Goodreads

Seize the Moment Podcast video, where I am interviewed to discuss the Epicureanism chapter in the book How to Live a Good Life

HTLAGL Video Series– discussing the Epicureanism chapter of the book How to Live a Good Life

How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

Hiram Crespo and Alexander Diaz of the SoFE, Interviewed for DB

In the Garden: an Interview with Hiram Crespo

Select Articles, Blogs and Blog Series

Author Panel @ American Humanist Association’s 75th Annual Conference

Subscribe to Hiram on Twitter

Visit his blog The Autarkist

Visit his blog at PartiallyExaminedLife.com

Like the Society of Friends of Epicurus on Facebook or subscribe to its Twitter feed

Support Hiram Crespo on Patreon

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