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How to Be an Epicurean
by Catherine Wilson
Epicureanism applied to ethics, politics, science, love and death: a complete alternative to Stoicism. Thoughtful and contemporary.
Read it if…
you suspect Stoicism is not for you.
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Skip it if…
you want a quick read.
Try instead: How to Live: A Life of Montaigne →
Three things you will actually use
- Pleasure rightly understood.
- Materialism frees.
- Prudence over austerity.
Do this first
Read the chapter on death.
Our verdict
Wilson's Epicurus.
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