HOW TO BE AN EPICUREAN: The Ancient Art of Living Well. By Catherine Wilson. Basic Books. 304 pages. $27. Apart from the sage advice to "Eat, drink and be merry," wiser words than "Living well is the ...

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Epicurus is one of those ancient Greek philosophers who were misunderstood millennia later. We associate him with pleasures, even vices. We often mistakenly talk about Epicureanism without really ...

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