Spencer Klavan on Epicureanism

Episode 240 of the The New Thinkery podcast, hosted by The New Thinkery, titled "Spencer Klavan on Epicureanism" was published on February 26, 2025 and runs 66 minutes.

February 26, 2025 ·66m · The New Thinkery

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A full complement of the guys are joined by Spencer Klavan, repeat offender on the show, host of Young Heretics, newly minted lecturer in the Classica and Languages programs at New College, associate editor at the Claremont Review of Books, and author most recently of Gateway to the Epicureans: Epicurus, Lecretius, and their Modern Heirs. The group sit down to unpack the concept of epicureanism, its progenitor, and how it has expanded from a fringe philosophy of the ancient world into a belief system that governs nearly everyone, even if most people don't know it.

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