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kochiekoch
Reaction (Post)July 15, 2026 at 11:05 AM I may have more to say later but this is why you don't listen to stoics - or anyone who advoccates relief from pain rather than pleasure - as what Epicurus taught as the Supreme Good.
The whole premise of the article is built on a false conception that… -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)July 15, 2026 at 10:11 AM I am tagging Patrikios here because I feel sure he will be interested in Elli's post 10 directly above. -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)July 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM Ηello to all epicurean friends,
Dear Raphael, sorry but your whole text is a measurement of turmoil, not pleasure. You count taxes, cost of living, politics, technology, decline, demographics, robots, migration, feminism, MGTOW, Schopenhauer, Augustus,… -
kochiekoch
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM There is a difference between "well-being" and "blessedness"...
In ancient Greek philosophy, Eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία) is the process of active human flourishing, while Makarios (μακάριος) is the secure state of absolute contentment.
We could characterize… -
Cassius
July 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostMax - The extension of the katastematic priority argument to the gods tells me that it's time to call an end to this debate.
Emily Austin was correct in "Living For Pleasure" both when she named her book and when she refused to wade into the… -
Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM And from Diogenes Laertius Book 10, on Epicureans (these are section excerpts appearing before, between, and after the Letters:
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Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM Diogene Laertius talks about Epicureans (as a comparison to the Cyrenaics) in this section in Book 2 of Diogenes Laertius, online:
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Bryan
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM […]
Ah, this might be a good way to get at why or how we might have a different perspective on this. My understanding of our control over our own ataraxia stems from my view of tranquility/ataraxia being (possibly) less expansive than you.
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Max DuBoff
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM […]
Luzveraz ,
Welcome! And thanks for sharing some of your personal journey to joining the Epicurean Friends community.
Hopefully you can find additional insight into how to apply the Epicurean principles while still actively working, dealing with… -
Max DuBoff
July 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostThanks, Don , the above is fantastic. I've not really thought about that Metrodorus fragment, that's great--and it's very similar to Plutarch, Non Posse 1089d, which I have thought about much more. I've often been a bit unsure how to understand this…
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