Tag: Ancient Greece
Emily Wilson on Translations and Language – Conversations with Tyler
"I think Homer is psychologically truthful and ethically helpful. The whole question about, 'Is it literature’s job or poetry’s job to train a politician?' — I’m not sure that’s quite the right way to see it. By inhabiting worldviews which aren’t our own, we can grow in some way, which doesn’t necessarily have to be, 'I agree … Continue reading Emily Wilson on Translations and Language – Conversations with Tyler
Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy
"Epicurus (341–270 B.C.) founded one of the major philosophies of ancient Greece, helping to lay the intellectual foundations for modern science and for secular individualism. Many aspects of his thought are still highly relevant some twenty-three centuries after they were first taught in his school in Athens, called “the Garden.” Epicurus's philosophy combines a physics … Continue reading Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy
The Fourfold Remedy of Epicurean Philosophy
"The gods are not to be feared, / Death is not to be dreaded; / What is good is easy to acquire / What is bad is easy to bear." —quoted in Pierre Cadet, "What is Ancient Philosophy?" Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002.
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