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Category: Epicurus

Posted onAugust 17, 2019January 15, 2020consumerism, Epicurus, happiness, pleasure, self

The Life of Stuff and the Life of Simplicity

by Dr. Norris Frederick In the video clip [1], George Carlin asks with his inimitable humor, “That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it: trying to find a place to put your stuff?”  In questioning…

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Posted onJune 19, 2019November 23, 2021anxiety, Epicurus, order

Marie Kondo, Me, and the Philosophy of Simplicity

by Dr. Norris Frederick Marie Kondo is quite the thing these days.  Her New York Times #1 best seller book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing and her…

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Posted onFebruary 2, 2019August 26, 2020anxiety, Buddhism, Epicurus, James, Zen Buddhism

Fixin’ Things

by Dr. Norris Frederick    My family preferred to deal with challenges and craziness with humor, thus the plaque my sister Virginia gave to me on a recent birthday, “Just remember: as far as everyone…

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Posted onJuly 21, 2017August 17, 2020death, Epicurus, reality

Death: Out of Sight, or Front and Center?

By Dr. Norris Frederick Second in a series My thanks to you for the many thoughtful responses, both on my website and on Facebook, about my first post on death.  A couple of you wrote…

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Posted onJune 9, 2017August 17, 2020death, Epicurus, existentialism, Stoicism

Death: Many Questions

By Dr. Norris Frederick There’s been way too much death in my world in the last year:  four nearby neighbors, three cousins, two close high school friends, and one Robert Pirsig, the author of Zen…

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Posted onNovember 2, 2016August 17, 2020beauty, consumerism, death, Epicurus, happiness, worldview

Philosophy Unlimited: Intelligent Pleasure

by Dr. Norris Frederick One of the joys of travel to another country is the discovery of new landscapes, new customs and cultures, and new people.  We find some ways in which the culture and…

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