Translations

More Qualities of the Wise Man

Translation Tuesday: Diogenes Laertius on Epicurean Ethics, Part 2

Sep 15 • Jack Gedney

Don’t Be a Skeptic

Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 23 and 24

Sep 8 • Jack Gedney

How Will a Wise Man Live?

Translation Tuesday: Diogenes Laertius on Epicurean Ethics, Part 1

Sep 1 • Jack Gedney

Never Forget the Goal

Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 22 and 25

Aug 25 • Jack Gedney

The High, Serene Temples

Translation Tuesday: On the Nature of Things, Book II Proem

Aug 18 • Jack Gedney

The Limits of Pleasure

Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 18–20

Aug 11 • Jack Gedney

Living Near the Bone

Translation Tuesday: Vatican Sayings 25, 33, 35, 67–69, and 81

Aug 4 • Jack Gedney

The Good Is Easy to Obtain

Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 15, 16, and 21

Jul 28 • Jack Gedney

Live Well with Little

Translation Tuesday: Vivitur parvo bene with Horace, Ode 2.16

Jul 21 • Jack Gedney

Why study science? To become more capable of happiness.

Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 11–13 on the point of scientific study

Jul 14 • Jack Gedney

The Fear of Death and Insatiability in Life

Translation Tuesday: On the Nature of Things, 3.1042–94

Jul 7 • Jack Gedney

Is This Really What You Want? Choosing Pleasures Well

Translation Tuesday: Principal Doctrines 8, 9, and 10

Jun 30 • Jack Gedney

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