BR shows deep understanding of Epicuranism and Epicurus as a philosopher in his “History of Western Philosophy”.
Yet in “The Conquest of Happiness” – a wonderful litlle book of Epicurean inspiration – he ignores Epicurus almost totally. (He does NOT disparage him, though, as Epicurus did Nausiphanes.)
Does anybody have a clue why the basically Epicurean Russell ignored Epicurus in this work?
Bertrand Russell shows deep understanding of Epicuranism and Epicurus as a philosopher in his “History of Western Philosophy”.
Yet in “The Conquest of Happiness” – a wonderful litlle book of Epicurean inspiration – he ignores Epicurus almost totally. (He does NOT disparage him, though, as Epicurus did Nausiphanes.)
Does anybody have a clue why the basically Epicurean Russell ignored Epicurus in this work?
This is the question I have just ported on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=14290&uid=86711477873#!/topic.php?uid=86711477873&topic=14290
Unwittingly Epicurean
My hypothesis is that people are born as Epicureans but then they are re-educated. So we are all of us unwittingly Epicureans – basicaslly.
But there is a group of people who know exactly who Epicurus was or Epicureanism was and is, and yet they either somehow “forget” to mention this like Bertrand Russell in “The Conquest of Happiness “
And then there are those who misunderstand and or misrepresent the essence of Epicureanism, but their work is another scientific support of Epicureanism, like Daniel Gilbert’s “Stumbling on Happiness”.
My hypothesis is that people are born as Epicureans but then they are re-educated. So we are all of us unwittingly Epicureans – basically.
But there is are people who know exactly who Epicurus was or Epicureanism was and is, and yet they somehow “forget” to mention this like Bertrand Russell in “The Conquest of Happiness “
And then there are those who misunderstand and or misrepresent the essence of Epicureanism, but their work is another scientific support of Epicureanism, like Daniel Gilbert’s “Stumbling on Happiness”.
I will call all them all simply “unwittingly Epicurean” and will go on scrolling their names with my claims.
Computation of Time from Down Under
My aunt sent us from Melbounre among other wedding gifts a clock that has the shape of Australia. My daughter was very happy because she could tell me the time without having to refer to boring digits: “it’s long Darwin short Sydney” I must admit that it took me some time (and a walk to the mao) until I grasped the deeper meaning of this announcement. (Yes, it was 5 p.m.)
My aunt sent us from Melbourne a clock that has the shape of Australia. My daughter was very happy because she could tell me the time without having to refer to boring digits: “it’s long Darwin short Sydney”
I must admit that it took me some time (and a walk to the map) until I grasped the deeper meaning of this announcement. (Yes, it was 5 p.m.)
I don’t celebrate the twentieth of every month but I do February 20 as Epicurus Day. I have cooked Hungarian lecso – a kind of ratatouille – for lunch and will have cheese and wine for dinner.
I talked to my children and some of my American friends a bit about Epicurus and how his followers celebrated the twentieth of every month and especially the Twentieth of February, since he was born at the beginning of that month.
secular humanist wedding readings
As I wanted to compose an Epicurean wedding reading I have com across a site with very good secular humanist “raw material”:
http://www.interfaithofficiants.com/DesignYourOwnCeremonyPages/DesignYourOwnCeremonySampleCivilHumanistSecularService.html
Epicurean, wedding reading, secular humanist
As I wanted to compose an Epicurean wedding reading I have come across a site with very good secular humanist “raw material”:
http://www.interfaithofficiants.com/DesignYourOwnCeremonyPages/DesignYourOwnCeremonySampleCivilHumanistSecularService.html
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