Some reflections on what Epicureanism has to offer Positive Psychology Epicurus is a salutary reminder for positive psychologists that Aristotle is not the only game in town when it comes to virtue ethics. He asks us to think more deeply about the nature and source of emotions, as well as the relationship between our moral […]
Epicureanism: A Testable Hypothesis? A key difference between ancient Epicureanism and modern psychological therapies is testability. It may transpire that Epicurus’ ideas turn out to be just that – ideas. Is the theoretical framework supported by evidence? Can empirical results be found to support it? Since 2012, a team consisting of academics and psychotherapists working under […]
The Four Pillars of PP 2.0 from an Epicurean perspective.
The Four Pillars of PP 2.0 from an Epicurean perspective
The Four Pillars of PP 2.0 from an Epicurean perspective
The Four Pillars of Positive Psychology 2.0 from an Epicurean perspective.
The Epicurean insistence that some emotions are based on false beliefs has implicatons for Frederickson’s theory of Positive Emotions
Epicurus on pain and my own personal experience
An introduction to the ongoing project of exploring Epicurean positive emotions
Getting By With A Little Help From Our Friends … An Epicurean take on Resilience
Positive Epicurus 