In this thorough exploration, Aoiz & Boeri have raised the veil that has covered the true face of Epicureanism for two thousand years.

Sun News Austin

This volume provides an up-to-date and searching reconstruction of Epicurean political thought, which sets the familiar slogans of “Live unknown!” and “Do not engage in politics!” within the subtle and careful framework of Epicurean philosophy. It makes a positive case for a nuanced and sophisticated philosophical outlook and presents the wide range of evidence for Epicureans' practical political engagement from the Hellenistic Garden to the Roman Imperial period.

James Warren, Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, UK

Aoiz and Boeri not only summarise [contemporary] scholarly trends but offer what is probably the most up-to-date and comprehensive interpretation of Epicurean political theory, along with discussions of the political activities of actual historical actors in Greece and Rome for whom there is evidence of Epicurean sympathies. The result is a monograph that will be required reading for specialists in Epicurean philosophy and of great interest to scholars of ancient philosophy and political thought more generally … An excellent volume which should whet the appetite of specialists of Epicurean philosophy and interest scholars of political thought or the social/cultural history of philosophy.

Nathan Gilbert, The Classical Review