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sanantoniogarden
Reaction (Post)July 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM […]
I can provide a few instances that might help orient the idea. (And not that I have a full grasp – it's a slippery concept for us all – but these are the examples I found in the available works).
Diogénēs provides us with the following definition (per… -
sanantoniogarden
July 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)to Bryan’s post in the thread Eudoxus of Cnidus - Advocate of Pleasure Prior To Epicurus.
A quote of Sedley From this article.
"According to Timocrates, Epicurus insulted the Cyzicenes... ...Eudoxus of Cnidos, the great mathematical astronomer and associate of Plato, taught for a period at Cyzicus, and produced there several distinguished… -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)July 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM […]
I can provide a few instances that might help orient the idea. (And not that I have a full grasp – it's a slippery concept for us all – but these are the examples I found in the available works).
Diogénēs provides us with the following definition (per… -
Eikadistes
July 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)to Bryan’s post in the thread Eudoxus of Cnidus - Advocate of Pleasure Prior To Epicurus.
A quote of Sedley From this article.
"According to Timocrates, Epicurus insulted the Cyzicenes... ...Eudoxus of Cnidos, the great mathematical astronomer and associate of Plato, taught for a period at Cyzicus, and produced there several distinguished… -
Bryan
July 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM Replied to the thread Eudoxus of Cnidus - Advocate of Pleasure Prior To Epicurus.PostA quote of Sedley From this article.
"According to Timocrates, Epicurus insulted the Cyzicenes... ...Eudoxus of Cnidos, the great mathematical astronomer and associate of Plato, taught for a period at Cyzicus, and produced there several distinguished… -
Martin
Reaction (Post)July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM […]
I can provide a few instances that might help orient the idea. (And not that I have a full grasp – it's a slippery concept for us all – but these are the examples I found in the available works).
Diogénēs provides us with the following definition (per… -
Eikadistes
Reaction (Post)July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM An analogy (imperfect at best) I use to describe prolepsis, which should be familiar to most these days, are the cameras on our phones. Say that your mind is like a camera constantly taking pictures of various things. Take a picture of a big tree, little… -
sanantoniogarden
July 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM Replied to the thread Prolepsis of the gods.PostAn analogy (imperfect at best) I use to describe prolepsis, which should be familiar to most these days, are the cameras on our phones. Say that your mind is like a camera constantly taking pictures of various things. Take a picture of a big tree, little… -
Eikadistes
July 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM Replied to the thread Prolepsis of the gods.Post[…]
I can provide a few instances that might help orient the idea. (And not that I have a full grasp – it's a slippery concept for us all – but these are the examples I found in the available works).
Diogénēs provides us with the following definition (per…