The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God
.
By Peter Watson. Simon and Schuster, 2014. 640 pages. ISBN:
978-1476754314. VSCL.
Ethics, Values, Moral Judgments
Practical Reasoning about the Behaviors and Attitudes
Regarding Good and Bad, Right and Wrong, Pleasures and Pains
Goodness, Virtues, Morals, Customs, Societal Norms, Justice, Fairness, Utilitarianism, Codes of
Conduct, Happiness
Research by Michael P. Garofalo
Green Way Research, Valley
Spirit Center, Red Bluff, California
Virtue Ethics How to Live a Good Life: Advice from Wise Persons Epicureanism Stoicism
Bibliography Quotations Cloud Hands Blog Green Way Research Index
Bibliography, Links, Resources
Practical Reasoning about the Behaviors and Attitudes
Regarding Good and Bad, Right and Wrong, Pleasures and Pains
Goodness, Virtues, Morals, Customs, Societal Norms, Justice, Fairness, Utilitarianism, Codes of
Conduct, Happiness
I favor ethical views from authors that emphasize viewpoints such as hedonism, utilitarianism, Epicureanism, liberalism, liberty, pragmatism, democracy, skepticism, practicality, empiricism, secularism, reasoning, humanism, Enlightenment, science, etc. If you favor theocracy, conservatism, religious codes of conduct, revelation, absolutism, authoritarian societies, clerics, believing, and idealism, then you will not find any material of interest to you on this webpage.
These are books I am reading, studying, or have read that are
in my home library in Red Bluff, California.
Books in my home library at the Valley Spirit Center are coded "VSCL."
This list is arranged by the titles of the books or webpages.
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The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God
The Albert Ellis Reader: A Guide to Well-Being Using Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
Anarchy, State and Utopia. By Robert Nozick. Basic Books, 1974, 2nd
Edition, 2013. Index, bibliography, notes, 400 pages. ISBN: 978-0465051007. "Translated
into 100 languages, winner of the National Book Award, and named one of the 100
Most Influential Books since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement, Anarchy,
State and Utopia remains one of the most theoretically trenchant and
philosophically rich defenses of economic liberalism to date, as well as a
foundational text in classical libertarian thought." Professor Nozick
argues for the primacy of the individual, individual rights and liberties,
acceptance of inequality, and a minimalist government (i.e., military, police,
and courts). Those who support the
Tea Party agenda
would agree with Nozick. VSCL.
Aristotle (384–322 BCE) Information on Aristotle:
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy,
Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Aristotle. The Basic Works of
Aristotle. Edited with an Introduction by Richard McKeon.
New York, Random House, 1941. 1487 pages. VSCL.
The Art of Happiness.
Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
By Michel Onfray. Translated from the French by Jeremy Leggatt. New York Arcade Publishing,
2005, 2011. ISBN: 10161145008X. Annotated bibliography, 246 pages.
A lucid, strong, well reasoned, insightful, and stylish presentation.
Excellent explication of the French and European writing on atheism,
anti-clericalism, irreligion, deconstruction of religions, and anti-fascism.
VSCL.
Ataraxia
A lucid state of robust tranquility. A calm and tranquil state of mind
cultivated by the Skeptics and Stoics.
B
Jeremy Bentham, 15 February 1748 - 6 June 1832, was a British philosopher,
jurist, and social reformer. "He is regarded as the founder of modern
utilitarianism. He strongly endorsed acting on the principle that "it is
the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and
wrong." He became a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law,
and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of
welfarism.
He advocated
individual and
economic freedom, the
separation of church and state,
freedom of expression, equal rights for women, the right to divorce, and the
decriminalising of homosexual acts. He called for the
abolition of slavery, the abolition of the
death penalty, and the abolition of
physical punishment, including that of children. He has also become
known in recent years as an early advocate of
animal rights. Though strongly in favour of the extension of
individual legal rights, he opposed the idea of
natural
law and
natural rights, calling them "nonsense upon stilts". Bentham's
students included his secretary and collaborator
James Mill,
the latter's son,
John Stuart Mill, the legal philosopher
John Austin, as well as
Robert
Owen, one of the founders of
utopian socialism." - Wikipedia
Bentham, Jeremy
Principles of Morals and Legislation, 1789.
Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832) Information:
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy,
Wikipedia Encyclopedia,
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life.
By Kurt Lampe. Princeton University Press, 2015. Index,
bibliography, notes, references, 277 pages.
ISBN: 978-0691161136. VSCL.
The Birth of Pleasure. By Carol Gilligan. Vintage, Reprint
edition, 2003. 272 pages. A discussion of love. ISBN:
9780679759430.
The Blackwell Guide to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.
Bohemian Manifesto: A Field Guide to Living on the Edge
Broadmindedness, Openess. Quotations, Sayings, Notes compiled by Mike
Garofalo.
Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
Buddhism Notes, bibliography, guides, and research by Mike
Garofalo.
C
The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism.
Carnal Philosophy: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Erotics
Cheerfulness Quotations, Sayings, Notes
compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Cloud
Hands Blog By Mike Garofalo.
The Compass of Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise,
Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning, and Gambling Feel So Good. By
David J. Linden. Penguin Books, Reprint Edition 2012. 240 pages.
ISBN: 9780143120759.
The Conquest of Happiness By Bertrand Russell.
Introduction by Daniel Dennett. Liveright, 1930, 2013. 224 pages.
ISBN: 9780871406736. VSCL.
Cynicism.
Wikipedia
The Cynic Philosophers: From Diogenes to Julian.
Translated with an introduction by Robert Dobbin. New York, Penguin Classics, Reprint 2013.
Notes, glossary, 352 pages. ISBN: 978-0141192222. VSCL.
The Cyrenaics
Cyrenaics
Aristippus and
the Pursuit of Pleasure
Cyrenaics
Aristippus of Cyrene (435 BCE – 356 BCE) was the founder of the
Cyrenaic
school of Philosophy. The school was was located in the ancient Greco-Roman city of Cyrene; with the ruins of this
ancient city lying in a lush valley in present day Libya. 'Aristippus was a pupil of
Socrates,
but adopted a very different philosophical outlook, teaching that the goal of
life was to seek pleasure by adapting circumstances to oneself and by
maintaining proper control over both adversity and prosperity. Among his
pupils was his daughter
Arete.' .... Cyrene lies in a lush
valley in the
Jebel Akhdar uplands in Libya. The city was named after a
spring, Kyre, which the Greeks consecrated to
Apollo. It was
also the seat of the
Cyrenaics,
a famous
school of philosophy in the 3rd century BC, founded by
Aristippus,
a disciple of
Socrates. It was then nicknamed the "Athens
of Africa." '
Cyrenaics -
The Birth of Hedonism: The Cyrenaic Philosophers and Pleasure as a Way of Life.
By Kurt Lampe. Princeton University Press, 2014. 304 pages.
ISBN: 978-0691161136.
Cyrenaics Handbook
The Cyrenaics on
Pleasure, Happines, and Future Concern. By Tim O'Keefe.
Cyrenaics - Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
Cyrenaics Resources By Lucian of Samosata Wiki. Many
ancient texts cited.
Advice Beauty Bibliography Blog Body-Mind Broad Minded Cheerfulness
Contemplation Desires Dharmapada Sutra Education Epicureanism Equanimity
Feeling Fitness Five Senses Friendship Gardening Generosity
Happiness Hedonism Hospitality Independence Kindness Learning Links
Meditation Memory Mindfulness Moderation Open Minded Paramitas
Patience Philosophy Play Pleasures Qigong Reading Self-Reliance
Sensory Pleasures Simplicity Solitude Somaesthetics Stoicism Taijiquan
Tao Te Ching Thinking Tolerance Touching Tranquility Vigor Vision
Walking Willpower Wisdom Wonder Zen Precepts
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Decadent Movemen in Art and Literature
In Defence of Sensuality
Different Loving: The World of Sexual Dominance and Submission. By
William Brame, Gloria Brame, and Jon Jacobs. Villard, 1996.
560 pages. ISBN: 9780679769569. VSCL.
Diogenes of Oinoanda
and Epicurean Thought
Doctrines and Sayings of Epicurus
E
Egoism: Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
Wikipedia Encyclopedia,
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Elemental Epicureanism Website.
General resources, physics, canonics, ethics, 12 Elementals, 40 Doctrines.
Elemental Epicureanism.
The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Enlightened Pleasures: Eighteenth-Century France and the New Epicureanism
Epicurean Ethics: Katastematic Hedonism (Studies in the History of Philosophy)
By Stephanie Mills. Washington, Shearwater Books, Island Press, 2002. 207 pages.
ISBN: 9781559636902. VSCL.
The Epicurean Tradition
Epicureanism.
Epicureanism - Wikipedia, 2015 " Only a few
fragments and letters of Epicurus's 300 written works remain. Much of what
is known about Epicurean philosophy derives from later followers and
commentators. For Epicurus, the purpose of philosophy was to attain the
happy, tranquil life, characterized by
ataraxia—peace
and freedom from fear—and
aponia—the
absence of pain—and by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by friends. He
taught that pleasure and pain are measures of what is good and evil; death is
the end of both body and soul and should therefore not be feared; the gods
neither reward nor punish humans; the universe is infinite and eternal; and
events in the world are ultimately based on the motions and interactions of
atoms moving
in empty space."
Epicureanism after Epicurus: The Influence of Epicurus on Western Thought.
By Robert Hanrott.
By Catherine Wilson. Oxford University Press, 2008. 320 pages.
ISBN: 978-0199238811. A study of Epicurean influences on many of the
ideas that pervaded seventeenth and eighteenth century metaphysics,
epistemology, ethics, and natural and political philosophy.
Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction
Epicureans
Notes, bibliography, guides, and research by Mike Garofalo.
Epicureans and Hedonists:
Bibliography, Links, Quotations, Notes, Sayings, Pointers. Compiled by
Mike Garofalo - Hypertext Notebooks.
Epicurus, 341 - 270 BCE. Founder of the Greek philosophical school of
Epicureanism in Athens, Greece, at "The Garden."
Epicurus, 341 - 270 BCE. Founder of the Greek philosophical school of
Epicureanism in Athens, Greece, at "The Garden."
Epicurus (341-270 BCE) Information on Epicurus:
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy, Wikipedia Encyclopedia,
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Epicurus, 341-270 BCE History, biography, views of the
Epircurean School.
The Art of Happiness.
Epicurus Birthday, Celebration in Honor
of Epicurus
Epicurus
The Sanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2015. "Epicurus joined his father
in Colophon, on the coast of what is now Turkey, in around 321 BCE. Here he
studied philosophy under the tutelage of Nausiphanes, a Democritean philosopher
with skeptical leanings. Ten years later, Epicurus moved to Mytilene on
the island of Lesbos, and soon proceeded to Lampsacus on the nearby mainland; in
both cities he taught and gathered followers before returning again to Athens in
307 BCE, where he remained until his death in 270, at the age of seventy-one. In
Athens, he had purchased the property that became known as the “Garden” (later
used as a name for his school itself) and began to develop his own school in
earnest."
Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy
Created by Vincent Cook. A good list of
online classical texts useful to Epicureans. Excellent
historical summary. Good
information on resources.
Epicurus and the Epicurean Tradition
Epicurus Blog: Moderation, Enjoyment of
Life, Tranquility, Friendship, Lack of Fear. By Robert Hanrott.
Epicurus:
The Art of Happiness.
Epicurus:
Epicurus Ethical Theory: The Pleasures of Invulnerability.
Translated by Brad Inwood with an introduction by Lloyd P. Gerson. Hackett
Classics. Hackett Pub. Co., 1994. 128 pages. ISBN:
9780872202412.
Epicurus:
The Essential Epicurus
Translated with an introduction by Eugene O'Connor. Letters, Principal
Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments. New York, Promethus Books,
Great Books in Philosophy, 1993. 101 pages. ISBN: 0879758104.
VSCL.
Equanimity:
Quotations, Sayings, Poems, Notes. Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Equanimity. Wikipedia. The Greek stoics use the word
apatheia
whereas the Roman stoics used the Latin word aequanimitas.
The Essential Epicurus
Translated with an introduction by Eugene O'Connor. Letters, Principal
Doctrines, Vatican Sayings, and Fragments. New York, Promethus Books,
Great Books in Philosophy, 1993. 101 pages. ISBN: 0879758104.
VSCL.
Ethical Egoism -
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Ethical Egoism - Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Ethical Egoism
- Google Search
Ethics: The Essential Writings. Edited with an introduction by Gordon
Marino. New York, Modern Library, 2010. Sources, 611 pages.
ISBN: 978-0812977783. VSCL.
Ethics for the New Millennium. By His Holiness the Dali Lama.
New York, Riverhead
Books, 2001. 237 pages. ISBN: 9781573228831. VSCL.
Ethics: History, Theory, Contemporary Issues. By Steven M. Cahn and
Peter Markie. Oxford University Press, 5th Edition, 2011. 992 pages.
ISBN: 9780199797264. VSCL.
The Ethics of Philodemus
Ethics: The Essential Writings. Edited by Gordon Marino. New
York, Modern Library Classics, 2010. 640 pages. ISBN: 9780812977783.
VSCL.
F
Feldman, Fred, Ph.D.
Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy,
1997.
Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility of Hedonism,
2006.
A Few Days in Athens: The Friends of Epicurus Edition
The Four Agreements. By Don Miguel Ruiz. Amber-Allen Pub., 1997.
160 pages. ISBN: 978-1878424310.
The Five Senses and
Mind Notes, bibliography, guides, and research by Mike Garofalo.
Free Thought Luminaries, Heroes, Leaders,
Brave One: At one level of my life-stance or worldview is a deep
respect and support for logic, pragmatism, naturalism, facts, reasoning, objectivity, verifiability,
repeatability, coherent theories, open-mindedness, prediction, mathematics, and
statistical methods. All of these methods, of course, are the hallmarks of
the physical and biological sciences, pure and applied sciences, pragmatism, and modern
technology. At this level I am a free-thinker who
shares many of the philosophical and non-religious views so persuasively and emphatically expressed by
Dan Barker,
Jeremy Bentham,
Luther Burbank,
André Comte-Sponville,
Richard Dawkins,
Daniel Dennett,
John Dewey,
Albert
Ellis,
Epicurus,
A.C. Grayling,
Sam Harris,
Christopher Hitchens,
Baron d'Holbach,
David Hume, Thomas Jefferson,
Robert Ingersoll,
Paul Kurtz,
Corliss Lamont,
John Stuart
Mill,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Thomas Paine,
Madalyn Murray O'Hair,
Ayn Rand,
Richard Rorty,
Bertrand Russell,
Carl Sagan,
George Smith,
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and many other
intelligent, hard working, courageous, forthright, dynamic, honest, fulfilled, and wise persons.
These free-thinkers give me hope!
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
Friendship: Quotations, Sayings,
Wisdom, Poetry, Aphorisms, Virtues. Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
From Pain to Pleasure: The Proven Pathway to Happiness: Epicurean Happiness Guidance
Fundamentalists of Christian, Islamic, and Hindu Persuasion. Count on them
to want to demonize and punish those who disagree with their religious beliefs.
They support making their own moral, social and religious
views the law of the land. These fellows are often enemies of Free Thought:
Steven Andrew,
David Barton,
Jerry Falwell,
Billy Graham,
Ayatolla Ruhollah
Khomeini,
David Lane, Sayyid Qutb, most
Popes,
Pat Robertson,
Oral Roberts,
Rick Warren,
Birgham Young.
G
Gardening Over 3,500
quotations arranged by over 150 topics. Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Epicurus taught in Athens at "The Garden." At the entrance to his "Garden"
was a sign with the words "Stranger, here you do well to tarry; here our highest
good is pleasure." Gardening has provided me with many pleasures over my
lifetime.
Gardening and Spirituality.
Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Garofalo, Michael P. Green
Way Research Master Subject Index.
Garofalo, Michael P. My
Own View on Organized Religion and Theology
Garofalo, Michael P.
Pulling Onions. Over 850 quips, observations, ideas, and one-liners.
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655)
Gassendi's
Epicurus Epicurus: His Life and Works, 1660, by Petrus Gassendi.
Gassendi's complete book on Epicurus in PDF Format.
The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism
The God Delusion.
By Richard Dawkins. Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin, 2006, 2008. Index, notes, bibliography,
appendices, 463 pages. ISBN: 978-0618918249. VSCL. A bold,
incisive, convincing, and clear minded critique of religious beliefs and
religions and their negative and pernicious impact on our communities,
societies, nations, and the world. I've read this book more than twice,
and find it uplifting, brave, and to the point. His analysis of the
negative social and moral effects of religion are accurate. VSCL.
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
The Good Life, Virtue
Ethics, Character Notes, bibliography, guides, and research by Mike
Garofalo.
Good Sense. By Baron D'Holbach. CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 1st Edition, 2015.
Original publisher: London, W. Stewart and Co., no publication date. Pages
not numbered, 114 pages, arranged by 206 topics. ISBN: 9781512367317.
Originally published in 1772, and printed privately in Amsterdam. The real
author was Paul Thyry - Baron D'Holbach. However, to escape violent
persecution by Catholics and Protestants, this work was published under the
pseudonym of the postthumous author named M. de Mirabaud. Originally
published in French under the title "Le Bon Sens" (Common Sense). The
translator of this work from French to English is not provided. VSCL.
Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe
Great Freethinkers: Selected Quotations by Famous Skeptics and Nonconformists.
Edited by James C. Sanford. Providence, Rhode Island, 2004.
Biographical index, 250 pages. ISBN: 0974704229. VSCL.
The Greeks on Pleasure
Green
Way Research Master Subject Index. By Michael P. Garofalo.
H
The Hand, Touch, Feeling:
Quotations, Bibliography, Resources, Links, Notes From the
Hypertext Notebooks of Mike Garofalo.
Happiness
(Eudaimonia)
Happiness: A History
Happiness: A Philosopher's Guide. By Frederic Lenoir. Translated
by Andrew Brown. Melville House, 2015. 208 pages. ISBN:
978-1612194394.
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. By
Jonathan Haidt. Basic Books, 2006. 320 pages. ISBN:
978-0465028023.
Hearing, Listening,
Sounds, Silence. Quotes, sayings, facts, lore, and information
compiled by Mike Garofalo. From the Hypertext Notebooks of Mike
Garofalo.
Hedonism - International
Encyclopedia of Ethics
Hedonism - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Hedonism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Hedonism - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Hedonism Handbook: Mastering The Lost Arts Of Leisure And Pleasure
The Hedonist Alternative: "Anti-Seneca" and Other Texts
A Hedonist Manifesto
By Michel Onfray. Translated by Joseph McClellan. Columbia
University Press, 2015. 232 pages. Insurrections: Critical Studies in
Religion, Politics, and Culture. ISBN: 978-0231171267.
Michel Onfray is a French philosopher and public intellectual who founded and
teaches at the free Popular University of Caen. He has written more than sixty
books, many of them best sellers. E-book Kindle, VSCL.
By John Watson. First published in 1895. Forgotten Books, Classic
Reprint, 2012. 270 pages. ASIN: B008VX1CSC.
Hedonistic Utilitarianism
The Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary.
Hellenistic Philosophy:
Introductory Readings.
Hellenistic Philosophy of Mind.
Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics
History
of Epicurean Philosophy by Vincent Cook
The Holy Barbarians. By Larry Lipton. New York, Julian
Messner, Inc., 1959. 320 pages.
The How of Happiness: A
Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want
How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like. By
Paul Bloom. W.W. Norton, 2011. 304 pages. ISBN: 9780393340006.
How to Life a Good Life:
Advice from Wise Persons. Compiled by Michael P. Garofalo.
The Humanist Alternative:
Some Definitions of Humanism
Hypertext Notebooks of Mike Garofalo
Senses, Pleasure, Hedonism, Druids, Stoics, Touch, Tao Te Ching, Taijiquan, Qigong, Walking,
Philosophy, Tai Chi Chuan, Poetry, etc.
Mike Garofalo (1945-) and
Karen Garofalo live south of the City of
Red Bluff, in Tehama County, California. They live in a rural area,
surrounded by almond orchards, at the "Valley Spirit Center, Gushen Grove."
[Both a real and a imaginary place.] Our home and gardens are located on
the flat, clay/sand rockless soil, in the midland heart of the North Sacramento
River Valley. Mike's writings are published under the
Green Way Research banner.
Advice Beauty Bibliography Blog Body-Mind Broad Minded Cheerfulness
Contemplation Desires Dharmapada Sutra Education Epicureanism Equanimity
Feeling Fitness Five Senses Friendship Gardening Generosity
Happiness Hedonism Hospitality Independence Kindness Learning Links
Meditation Memory Mindfulness Moderation Open Minded Paramitas
Patience Philosophy Play Pleasures Qigong Reading Self-Reliance
Sensory Pleasures Simplicity Solitude Somaesthetics Stoicism Taijiquan
Tao Te Ching Thinking Tolerance Touching Tranquility Vigor Vision
Walking Willpower Wisdom Wonder Zen Precepts
I
In Defense of Sensuality. By John Cowper Powys. V. Gollancz,
1931. 287 pages.
Intelligent Life Magazine - The
Economist
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Introduction to Virtue Ethics: Insights of the Ancient Greeks
Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism. By Larry
Siedentop. New York, Penguin Books, 2014. Index, bibliography,
notes, 434 pages. ISBN: 978-0141009544, VSCL.
J
Jefferson, Thomas
(1743-1826) "I too am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the
imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral
philosophy which Greece and Rome have left us." (1819)
Jefferson, Thomas:
Syllabus of the Doctrines of Epicurus (1819)
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Katastematic: A primarily internal condition, attitude, state of body-mind
producing feelings of pleasure. The experience of pleasant
feeling when the body is healthy, relatively pain or distress free, at ease, and you are
comfortable in your skin.
"It would be a condition of no pleasure and no pain
classifiable as kinetic, but it would by no means be a condition of no pleasure
and no pain at all. It would in fact be a condition of pleasure arising from the
simple, undisturbed, undistracted, awareness of oneself, and of one's openness
to the world through specific sensory inputs, but without being currently
engaged with any. It would be an active awareness of one's constitution as a
particular sort of animal—a constitution for such sensory engagement. And, one
would not be experiencing this pleasant awareness unless one's condition were
one of normal healthiness and ongoing natural functioning: if one's condition
were not such, one would be experiencing some disturbing movements in one's
consciousness—unhealthy or disturbed and distorted functioning is just what does
cause kinetic pain. Accordingly, to pleasure arising in this second set of
circumstances for the arousal of pleasure, Epicurusgave
the name "katastematic," drawing upon a Greek term for a condition or state, or
for the constitution, of a thing. It is called "katastematic" not so to indicate
a special kind of pleasure, any more than kinetic pleasures are a kind of
pleasure, but rather so as to draw attention to the special circumstances of
pleasure's arousal, on which it is conditioned, in the case of this pleasure. We
would describe this pleasure as pleasure in the awareness of the healthy
functioning of one's own natural constitution, physical and psychic."
- John M. Cooper, Pursuits
of Wisdom, 2012, p. 234
"For Epicurus, the only criterion for deciding on one's way of life is what will
work out best form the point of view on one's own pursuit of a continuous
experience of katastematic pleasure, varied suitably so as to conform to one's
own, perhaps somewhat idiosyncratic, preferences among sources of kinetic
pleasure."
- John M. Cooper, Pursuits
of Wisdom, 2012, p. 263
Kindness Quotations, Sayings, Notes
compiled by Mike Garofalo.
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Liberalism. By Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973). Translated by Ralph
Raico. Edited by Arthur Goddard. Ludwig von Mises
Institute, 1927, 2010. Index, appendix, 207 pages. ISBN: 9781933550848. VSCL.
Life, Letters and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L Enclos. Book
Jungle, 2008. 272 pages. ISBN: 9781605979076.
Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and
Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life. By H. Jackson Brown,
Jr. Thomas Nelson, Revised edition, 2000. 160 pages. ISBN:
1558538356.
Lifestyle Advice from Wise
Persons Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Locke, John (1602-1734) Information:
Wikipedia Encyclopedia,
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy
Locke, John.
Collected Works, E-book Kindle Version, 7 Works: Essay Concerning Human
Understanding, Treatise on Government, Letter on Tolerance. VSCL.
Lucretius:
The Nature of Things.
Titus Lucretius Carus (99 - 55 BCE)
Information:
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,
Wikipedia Encyclopedia,
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Lucretius: The Way Things Are: The Way Things Are: The De Rerum Natura of Titus Lucretius Carus
Lucretius: Titus
Lucretius Carus, circa 99 BCE - 55 BCE., was a
Roman poet and philosopher. "His only known work is the epic
philosophical poem
De rerum natura about the tenets and philosophy of
Epicureanism, and which is usually translated into English as On the
Nature of Things. Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the
only certain fact is that he was either a friend or
client of
Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated. De
rerum natura was a considerable influence on the
Augustan poets, particularly
Virgil (in his
Aeneid
and
Georgics, and to a lesser extent on the Satires and
Eclogues)
and Horace.
The work virtually disappeared during the
Middle
Ages but was rediscovered in 1417 in a
monastery
in Germany
by
Poggio Bracciolini, and it played an important role both in the development
of atomism (Lucretius
was an important influence on
Pierre Gassendi) and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era
to construct a new
Christian humanism." - Wikipedia.
Lucretius:
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
M
Marius the Epicurean: His Sensations and Ideas
The Methods of Ethics.
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Information:
Wikipedia Encyclopedia,
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy.
English philosopher, political economist, utilitarian proponent, and public
servant.
John Stuart Mill.
The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, the Subjection of Women, and
Utilitarianism. Introduction by J. B. Schneewind, and commentary by
Dale E. Miller. New York, Modern Library, 2002. 400 pages.
ISBN: 9780375759185. VSCL.
Moderation Quotations, Sayings, Notes
compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Moral Darwinism: How We Became Hedonists
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values. By Sam
Harris. New York, Free Press, 2010. Index, references, notes, 307
pages. ISBN: 9781439171226. VSCL.
The Morality of Happiness
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New
Epicurean. Resources, lists, quotations, comparisons.
A New Guide to Rational Living.
Nicomachean Ethics
Nicomachean Ethics
Nietzsche, Frederick
Wilhelm (1844 – 1900) - Wikipedia Nietzsche was a scholar of Greek and
Latin, familiar with Greco-Roman culture and philosophy. Plagued by poor
health all of his short life, he nevertheless wrote many essays and books.
His style of writing is engaging, insightful, bold, persuasive, imaginative, and
he has keen sense of the bourgeois German culture of the late 19th century.
His thoughts and opinions can hold us spellbound at times. The Greek sense
of excellence for a persons function in life, free thinking, high standards,
enjoyment of life, dignity, will, no gods needed, heroes, work, courage ...
sounds like the issues raised by Epircureans.
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm (1844-1900)
The Portable Nietzsche.
Frederick Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900).
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy,
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia, Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Nietzsche and Epicurean Philosophy. By A. H. J. Knight,
Philosophy: Vol. 8, No. 32, October 1933, pp. 431-445.
Nietzsche, Rand,
and the Ethics of the Great Task, by Peter Saint-Andre, 2009.
The Norms of Nature: Studies in Hellenistic Ethics
Notebooks of an Old
Philosopher Notes by Mike Garofalo. Lot's ruminations and
research on the senses, hands, body-mind arts, somaesthetics, and virtures.
Part of the Hypertext Notebooks Series.
Novels, Plays, Characters with a Hedonistic Attitude or
Philosophy
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Oikeiôsis:
self-preservation, belonging to oneself, orientation, affinity, familiar, home,
family, things close to one's heart. A key term in Stoic developmental
psychology. Also implies working on developing a better sense of
interconnectedness with widening circles of beings.
On Desire: Why We Want What We Want
One Old
Daoist Druid's Final Journey
The Oxford History of Greece
and the Hellenistic World
P
Pain and Pleasure: A Study of Bodily Feelings. By
Thomas Szasz. Syracuse University Press, 1988, 2nd Edition. 303
pages. ISBN: 978-0815602309.
Pater, Walter
(1939-1894)
Peripatetic School.
In 335 BCE, Aristotle began teaching in the area at the
Lyceum in Athens,
Greece. Philosophers, many followers of Aristotle, continued to walk and
meet at the Lyceum for many centuries, until around 200 CE. The school of
Aristotle, the Aristotelians, followers of Aristotle's approach to developing a
philosophy of life for yourself and expanding your knowledge.
Philodemus "Philodemus
of Gadara (110 - 35 BCE). A Hellenistic Epicurean philosopher and poet. He
studied under Zeno
of Sidon in Athens, before moving to Rome, and then to Herculaneum. He was
once known chiefly for his poetry preserved in the Greek
Anthology, but since the 18th century, many writings of his have been
discovered among the charred papyrus rolls at the Villa
of the Papyri at Herculaneum.
The task of excavating and deciphering these rolls is difficult, and work
continues to this day.
The Ethics of Philodemus
Philosopher Without Gods: Meditations on Atheism and the Secular Life.
Edited by Louise M. Anthony. Oxford University Press, 2007. Index,
references, notes, brief biographies of contributors, 315 pages. ISBN:
9780199743414. VSCL.
A
Philosopher's Notebooks by Mike Garofalo
The Philosophical Garden
Website. Encountering Ideas in the Midst of the Natural World.
This website has a particular focus on the ancient Greek philosophical
tradition. Of special interest is the significance of Epicurean philosophy
from antiquity to the present day.
Philosophy: An Introduction Through Literature
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Ancients and Moderns - Essays in Honor of Pierre Hadot
Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations: Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems
Philosophy Talk: Community of
Thinkers
Plato (427 - 347 BCE) Information:
Stanford Encyclopedia of
Philosophy, Wikipedia
Encyclopedia, Internet Encyclopedia
of Philosophy
Plato. The Collected Dialogues of Plato, Including the Letters.
Edited by Edith Hamilton and Huntington Cairns. With an Introduction and
Prefatory Notes. New York, Pantheon Books, 1961. Bollingen Series,
LXXI. 14 different translators are used in this collection. Detailed
index, 743 pages. LCN: 61-11758. VSCL.
Pleasure. By Alexander Lowen, M.D.. Bioenergetics Press, 2006.
258 pages. ISBN: 978-0974373720.
Pleasure: A Creative Approach to Life. By Alexander Lowen.
Alexander Lowen Foundation, 2013. 270 pages. ISBN: 978-1938485107.
Pleasure and Desire: The Case of Hedonism Reviewed
Pleasure and the Good Life: Concerning the Nature, Varieties, and Plausibility of Hedonism.
Pleasure in Ancient Greek Philosophy.
By David Wolfsdorf. Cambridge University Press, 2013. Index, reading
list, 299 pages.
Key Themes in Ancient Philosophy Series. ISBN: 978-0521149754. VSCL.
By Gene Wallenstein. Wiley, 2008. 256 pages. ISBN:
9780471619154.
The Pleasure Prescription: To Love, To Work and to Play - Life in the Balance
By Paul Pearsall. Hunter House Publications, 1996. 280 pages.
ISBN: 9780897932073.
Pleasures.
Quotations, Sayings, Notes compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Pleasures and Pains: A Theory of Qualitative Hedonism
Pleasures of the Brain.
The Portable Hannah Arendt. By Hannah Arendt (1906-1975).
Edited with an introduction by Peter Baehr. New York, Penguin Classics, Reissue Edition, 2000.
575 pages. ISBN: 978-0142437568. VSCL.
Practical Ethics. By Peter Singer. Cambridge University Press,
1980, 3rd Edition, 2011. Index, notes, references, 356 pages. ISBN: 9780521707688. VSCL.
Pragmatism, Old And New: Selected Writings
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions. By
Dan Ariely. Revised and expanded edition. Harper Perennial, 2010.
384 pages. ISBN: 978-0061353246. VSCL.
The Present Alone is Our Happiness, Second Edition: Conversations with Jeannie Carlier and Arnold I. Davidson.
Principal Doctrines of Epicureanism
Psychological
Egoism - Wikipedia
Psychological Egoism - Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Psychological Egoism - Google Search
The Psychology of Quality of Life: Hedonic Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, and Eudaimonia.
Pulling Onions.
Over 866 quips, one-liners, sayings, observations, and remarks by Mike
Garofalo.
Pursuits of Wisdom: Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus
Pyrrhonism: How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism.
By Adrian Kuzminski. Lexington Books, 2010. 170 pages. ISBN:
978-0739125076.
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Rational Egoism
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Rational Egoism -
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Reasoning and Philosophy
A Old Philosopher's Notebooks. Notes, bibliography, guides, and research
by Mike Garofalo.
Reasons and the Good
Religion and Atheism
Notes, recommended reading, and personal opinions of Mike Garofalo.
Religion and Theology - My Own
Views By Michael P. Garofalo.
Rendezvous with the Sensuous: Readings on Aesthetics
Russell, Bertrand,
1872-1970.
Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
S
By Harvie Ferguson. Routledge, 1990. 384 pages. ISBN:
978-0415028936.
Seasons, Months
Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Seeing,
Vision, Perception, Looking. Quotes, sayings, facts, lore, and
information compiled by Mike Garofalo. From the Hypertext Notebooks of
Mike Garofalo.
Sensation, Perception,
The Five Senses Notebooks of Mike Garofalo.
A Sensual Soul. By Charles de Saint-Evremond. Translated by Kirk
Watson. 116 pages. Kindle Digital: B0170AKDPO.
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll: The Rise of American's 1960s Counterculture.
By Robert Cottrell. Rowman and Littlefield Pubs., 2015. 452 pages.
ISBN: 9781442246065.
By Roger Scruton. Bloomsbury Academic, 2006. 448 pages. ISBN:
978-0826480385.
Sexual Pleasures, Carnal Alchemy, Tantrics, Sexually Experimental
Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness
The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies
The Skeptics. By R. J. Hankinson. London, Routledge, 1995.
Arguments of the Philosopher's Series. General index, index of works
cited, bibliography, notes, 376 pages. ISBN: 0415184460. Excellent
introduction! Exposition and arguments of the ancient sceptics: Pyrrhonism
and Melagarism. Detailed and authoritative survey of Greek and Hellenistic
skeptics. VSCL.
by Leo Babauta
Simplicity. Quotations, Sayings, Notes compiled by Mike Garofalo.
A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues: The Uses of Philosophy in Everyday Life
Smelling,
Scent. Quotes, sayings, facts, lore, and
information compiled by Mike Garofalo. From the Hypertext Notebooks of
Mike Garofalo.
Society of the Friends of Epicurus
A variety of resources and shared experiences and ideas.
Socratic Logic: A Logic Text using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles, Edition 3.1
Solitude - Pleasures
Quotations, Sayings, Notes compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Somatics, Somaesthetics, The
Human Body. Notes, bibliography, guides, and research by Mike
Garofalo.
The Spirit of Gardening.
Over 3,500 quotations arranged by over 150 topics. Compiled by Mike
Garofalo.
The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers: The Complete Extant Writings of Epicurus, Epictetus, Lucretius,
and Marcus Aurelius
Stoicism.
By John Sellars. University of California Press, 2006. 219 pages.
Ancient Philosophies Series, Book 1. ISBN: 978-0520249080.
Sweeping Changes: Discovering the Joy of Zen in Everyday Tasks by Gary
Thorp
Symbolist Movement in
Art and Literature
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Tao Te Ching by
Lao Tzu I first read in 1961. The philosophical views of Laozi
and Zhuangzi appealed to me from an early age. The religious practices of
later Taoists from 300 CE onward were interesting and colorful, because of my
practice of Taijiquan and Qigong, as are the nature worship rituals and poetry
of the modern Neopagan
religions; however, I don't really "believe" in their supernatural and
superstitious views and dogmas. My childhood experiences of the magic,
ritual and pomp of Roman Catholicism probably influenced me in my appreciation
for for the esoteric and magical aspects of Taoism and Druidry. I liked Lao Tzu's naturalism, individualism,
mysticism, and skepticism about the value of conventional morality and religion. Our
lives are also greatly influenced by non-rational and unconscious factors.
Tantra:
Bibliography, Links, Resources
Tantra: Hedonism in Indian Culture
Taoism
and the Tao Te Ching
Compilations and research by Mike Garofalo.
Tasting, Flavors, Eating. Quotes, sayings, facts, lore, and
information compiled by Mike Garofalo. From the Hypertext Notebooks of
Mike Garofalo.
Tending the Epicurean Garden
The Ten Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living
the Good Life. By M.S. Soupios and Panos Mourdoukoutas.
Charlottsville, Virginia, Hampton
Roads Pub., 2009. 128 pages. Both authors are professors at Long
Island University, C. W. Post Campus. ISBN: 9781571746054. VSCL.
A Theory of Justice. By John Rawls. Oxford Paperbacks, Belknap
Press, 2005. 624 pages. ISBN: 9780674017726. VSCL.
The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics.
Thinking Critically.
Time and the Art of Living
Time, the Familiar Stranger
Touching, Feeling,
Sensations, Hands. Quotes, Sayings, Facts, Information, and Charts
compiled by Mike Garofalo. From the Hypertext Notebooks of Mike
Garofalo.
The Tradition of Political Hedonism from Hobbes to J. S. Mill
Tranquility (Atraxia), Serenity, Peace of Mind:
Quotations, sayings, poems, observations. Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life
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Utilitarianism, Hedonism, and Desert: Essays in Moral Philosophy.
Utilitarianism,
On Liberty and Other Essays (Oxford World's Classics)
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Virtue Ethics -
Wikipedia
Virtue Ethics -
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Virtues and the Good Life Notes, bibliography, guides, and
research by Mike Garofalo.
Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin
VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library, Red Bluff,
California
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The Way Of The Good Hedonist
What Is Ancient Philosophy?
What Is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being
What Is This Thing Called Happiness?
When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist
Willpower, Determination, Grit Quotations,
Sayings, Notes compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Wisdom of Catius' Cat. Comics by
Cassius Amicus.
The Wisdom of Pleasures: "The School of Voluptuousness" and "The Art of Enjoyment."
Y
Yang Zhu's Garden of Pleasure: The Philosophy of Individuality. Edited
by Rosemary Brant. Astrolog Pub., 2006. 128 pages. ISBN:
9789654942065.
Yang Zhu, Master Yang,
Chinese Philosopher, Yang Zi, 440–360 BCE. Ethical Egoist,
hedonist, Epicurean. "Each for himself" or "wei wo."
Yang Zhu - Ancient History
Encyclopedia
The Year of Pleasures: A Novel
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Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu, Zhuang Zhou, Master Chuang, Kwang-dze) 369—286 BCE Compiled by Mike Garofalo.
Quotations, Sayings, Notes
Practical Reasoning about the Behaviors and Attitudes
Regarding Good and Bad, Right and Wrong, Pleasures and Pains
Goodness, Virtues, Morals, Customs, Societal Norms, Justice, Fairness, Utilitarianism, Codes of
Conduct, Happiness
"Rushworth Kidder states that "standard definitions of ethics have typically included such phrases as 'the science of the ideal human character' or 'the science of moral duty' ".[3] Richard William Paul and Linda Elder define ethics as "a set of concepts and principles that guide us in determining what behavior helps or harms sentient creatures".[4] The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy states that the word ethics is "commonly used interchangeably with 'morality' ... and sometimes it is used more narrowly to mean the moral principles of a particular tradition, group or individual."[5] Paul and Elder state that most people confuse ethics with behaving in accordance with social conventions, religious beliefs and the law and don't treat ethics as a stand-alone concept.[4]
The word "ethics" in English refers to several things.[6] It can refer to philosophical ethics or moral philosophy—a project that attempts to use reason in order to answer various kinds of ethical questions. As the English philosopher Bernard Williams writes, attempting to explain moral philosophy: "What makes an inquiry a philosophical one is reflective generality and a style of argument that claims to be rationally persuasive."[7] And Williams describes the content of this area of inquiry as addressing the very broad question, "how one should live"[8] Ethics can also refer to a common human ability to think about ethical problems that is not particular to philosophy. As bioethicist Larry Churchill has written: "Ethics, understood as the capacity to think critically about moral values and direct our actions in terms of such values, is a generic human capacity."[9] Ethics can also be used to describe a particular person's own idiosyncratic principles or habits.[10] For example: "Joe has strange ethics."
The English word ethics is derived from an Ancient Greek
word êthikos, which means "relating to one's character." The Ancient Greek
adjective êthikos is itself derived from another Greek word, the noun êthos meaning
"character, disposition."[11]"
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