Reader: Selected Writings And Test... | The Epicurus

This slim but dense volume from Hackett Publishing gathers the "raw materials" of Epicurean thought. Since Epicurus's own vast library of work was largely lost, scholars rely on a few surviving letters, maxims, and the "testimonia" (reports) of later ancient writers—both friends and critics. The reader includes:

: 40 concise aphorisms that distill the entire Epicurean lifestyle. The Epicurus Reader: Selected Writings and Test...

: Reports from Cicero, Plutarch, and others that help reconstruct the broader system of thought. The "Four-Part Cure" for Modern Anxiety This slim but dense volume from Hackett Publishing

: To Herodotus (on physics), Pythocles (on meteorology), and Menoeceus (on ethics). Pythocles (on meteorology)