Happy Solstice to all students of Epicurean philosophy! Back in the summer, I had the pleasure of participating in Revista Horizonte Independiente’s annual conference, where I presented the paper De la simultaneidad entre el placer y la práctica en la teoría salvífica epicúrea (On the simultaneity between pleasure and practice in Epicurean salvific theory) as part of this annual conference’s focus on Hellenistic philosophies. In the essay, I explore Vatican Sayings 27 and 41 and the doctrine of innate pleasure to shed light on some features of the Epicurean salvific theory.

The video of the presentation is in Spanish, as is the published essay, but you may use google translate or the bing translator to read it. The interviewer was a dear friend, Estiven Valencia, who has in the past presented and promoted Epicurean ideas in Colombia–where RHI is published–with a strong focus on the intersection between Epicurean practice and politics:

Other SoFE Literary Updates:

• Epicurus and Nietzsche on Experimentation
• Giving Epicurean Books During the Holidays
• On the Need to Mourn Loved Ones
• Goddess Spirituality in Lucretius
• The Plague of Disinformation: a Warning from the Second Century of Common Era

Other Literary Updates:

• • Video And Podcast Resources On Cicero’s On The Nature Of The Gods, Book 1: Presentation and criticism of the Epicurean position on divinity, by Greg Sadler

  • From cells to selves: Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought, an Aeon essay by Anna Ciaunica

  • The Mind Eats What the Body Feeds It, from the blog “The House that Epicurus Built”