Hiram Crespo

Hiram Crespo is the founder/editor of SocietyOfEpicurus.com, and the author of Tending the Epicurean Garden (Humanist Press, 2014), How to Live a Good Life (Penguin Random House, 2020) and Epicurus of Samos – His Philosophy and Life: All the principal Classical texts Compiled and Introduced by Hiram Crespo (Ukemi Audiobooks, 2020). He’s also written and translated various other works, and been featured in The Humanist (a publication of the American Humanist Association), occupy.com, the online classics journal Eidolon, Partially Examined Life, The Secular Web, Europa Laica, and many other outlets.

An Eikas Manifesto: A Clarion Call to Revive an Epicurean Tradition that Strengthens Friendships and Communities

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The following essay was written for Society of Epicurus. I am sharing it here as well because SNS offers a space to consider questions of identity, ritual, community, and meaning without supernatural claims. Eikas is a tradition that goes back 2,300 years, and Epicurean philosophy has affinity with many of our modern ideas about the … Read more

On Natural Holiness

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The above video on the Epicurean gods helps to contextualize the following discussion–an abridged version of a Society of Epicurus essay. Natural holiness implies non-supernatural holiness as it is empirically observed and experienced by mortals. Although these discussions originate in Epicurean scriptures and communities, I’m sharing them here for the benefit of other SNS members … Read more

An Epicurean Approach to Secularizing Rites of Passage

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The near-universal presence of rites of passage in almost every human culture is a strong sign that these rites serve an important psychological and social function, helping communities to understand, encourage, and celebrate the roles of their members. These rites also discourage actions and attitudes that go against right behavior, helping individuals understand their role … Read more