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| Bust sculpture of Epicurus Photo: Getty Images |
As I’ve mentioned before,
I belong to a philosophy salon, in which a bunch of philosophers and
hangers-on (like me) bicker about pre-selected papers (most recently “So It Goes” by J. David Velleman.) One honest-to-God philosopher is Catherine Wilson, who has a knack for calmly cutting through the bloviation. Wilson and I share an interest in war and altered states, among other topics. Her new book, How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well, is unusually clear-eyed for a work of philosophy (see this review in The Economist).
I didn’t know much about Epicurus or his philosophy before reading the
book. But Wilson has convinced me that Epicureanism, more than stoicism
or Buddhism, is a philosophy for our scientific age. In fact, I think I
may be an Epicurean. Below Wilson answers a few questions. –John Horgan
Recommended Reading
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| How to Be an Epicurean: The Ancient Art of Living Well |
Source: Scientific American
