Here is a link to a new article on Epicurus from India entitled "Epicurean Pleasure" along with my list of several quotes from the article that I think most call out for correction: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/epicur…1502691281.html
Criticisms of An Article Entitled "Epicurean Pleasure" (October 1, 2018)
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Along the lines of the most common misunderstandings you mentioned in our discussion months ago!
They distort PD3 "The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful," and take it as a call to celibacy.
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Did you email the publisher?
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Cassius
May 31, 2024 at 4:57 PM Moved the thread from forum General Discussion to forum Epicurean Ethics - General Discussion and Navigation.
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