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Originally posted by Epicurus Quick and (not so) random thaughts...feel free to post yours... -Epicurus is the father of ethical hedonism... -Ethical hedonism is not a paradox, an absurdity, or an oxymoron... -An oxymoron is a term that refers to conjoining two contradictory terms... -Ironically, the word oxymoron is itself oxymoronic... -From the greek work "oxys" (sharp, lucid) and "moros" (foolish)... -Blair and Labour party, for instance, is an example of an oxymoron -An example of a moron is Blair... -He will, however, and unfortunately, escape his latest debacle with international law and the UN unscathed... -The UN needs to restructure itself and veto the veto powers afforded to WWII victors or give the general assembly more power... -The general assembly is a completely useless body whose legally non-binding resolutions stir up the influential "world-opinion" element... -If my premise of uselessness regarding the GA is to be taken as true, then influential "world-opinion" is an oxymoron... GO TO 3

-Epicurious.com is a website with tons of food recipes.
-Ever seen a giant midget?


Then you lost me.

Web dictionary: An epicure is defined as a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (specially regarding food and drink)...

Thus the website (epicurious.com) makes sense from that regard...BUT, Epicurus and his philosophy were misconstrued and labeled as hedonistic in the same sense as Aristtipus of Cyrene,

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/c/cyren.htm

who upheld what we deem the "traditional" view of hedonism, where eating well and drinking excessively etc was valued...That's contrary to Epicurean philosophy in general,

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/e/epicur.htm

but of course, english linguists seem to think otherwise

Anyway, I feel like an Epicurean disciple promoting his world-view, so I shall stop now...of course, it's not like that was obvious or anything from my monicker

As for the giant midget,