Step out of the rat race for a moment and consider the Epicurean life of simplicity and friendship, where gods and the supernatural hold no consequence and worrying about the afterlife is wasted time ...

If you peruse the philosophy section of your local bookshop, you’ll probably find a number of books on Stoicism – an ancient philosophy enjoying a renaissance today. But where are the Epicureans? Both ...

The popular view of an Epicurean is that of somebody who focuses on pleasure as our guiding principle, indulging in the finer things of life to achieve happiness. And yet what the Ancient Greek ...

Philosophers have warned against pleasure since Plato, but Epicurean principles can be the basis of a humane politics aimed at security for all. By Catherine Wilson What ideas come to mind when you ...