r/Epicureanism is a subreddit with 19k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses epicureanism, philosophy, pleasure, epicurus, and stoicism.
Place for discussion of the philosophy of Epicurus.
Popular Themes in r/Epicureanism
#1
Advice Requests
: "Book recommendation: Is 'Living for Pleasure - an epicurean guide to life' worth the read?"
12 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Pleasantly free of trouble"
5 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "My book on Epicurus and his followers is being published in April. It covers his life, teachings, and influence across the centuries."
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Memory Catalog"
1 post
#5
Ideas
: "My hypothesis..."
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Epicureanism
#1
Epicureanism
: "Epicureanism sounds way more reasonable than stoicism, why isn't more popular?"
184 posts
#2
Philosophy
: "TIL like "R.I.P." many ancient Romans had "NFFNSNC", non fui, fui, non sum, non curo, inscribed on their graves meaning “I was not; I was; I am not; I do not care”. A epicurist Philosophy."
94 posts
#3
Pleasure
: "Epicurus said: "All Pleasures are good, but some are far more trouble than they are worth""
67 posts
#4
Epicurus
: "My book on Epicurus is out! I'll be celebrating with a little pot of cheese."
43 posts
#5
Stoicism
: "epicureanism sounds way more reasonable than Stoicism, why isn't more popular?"
34 posts
#6
Epicurean
: "Philodemus, an Epicurean philosopher, found to be author of a charred scroll found from Pompeii"
20 posts
#7
Happiness
: "A great introduction to Epicurus's four part cure to unHappiness"
18 posts
#8
Life
: "My book on Epicurus and his followers is being published in April. It covers his Life, teachings, and influence across the centuries."
15 posts
#9
Books
: "What is the historical reason why we lost all of Epicurus' Books?"
11 posts
#10
Death
: "Don’t worry about Death, it’s nothing to us!"
10 posts
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Last updated: June 15, 2026