Travels with Epicurus, Chapter 3, Online Friday Nights

Time: Dec 12, 2025 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Join us as we continue to discuss Daniel Klein’s book, “Travels with Epicurus.” This week, we will do a deep dive into Chapter 3, “Tasso’s Rain Spattered Photographs.” With beautiful prose, Klein invites us to glance at the personal choice we may all face – he invites us to contemplate the conflict posed by two different philosophies of how to face old age. Should we enter what Eric Erikson coins the eighth stage of life with a commitment to deeply reflect on our past, to live authentically, and gain wisdom? Or should we direct our thoughts to the future and heed Bertrand Russell’s advice: Keep DOING to keep LIVING?

Very few of Epicurus' writings remain. Here are links to two writings that give us the rudiments of his moral theory ("Principal Doctrines" and "Letter to Menoeceus"):
https://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/princdoc.html
https://classics.mit.edu/Epicurus/menoec.html

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