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Robert
July 29, 2026 at 11:39 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Godfrey’s post in the thread "Healthy Hedonism - Why Feeling Good Is Good For You" - Book By Erica Oberg.Funny thing, I've been reading Healthy Hedonism: Why feeling good Is good for you! by Erica Oberg.
It's not a philosophical book but rather an argument for pursuing pleasure in various areas of one's life. Some quotes that may be of interest:
The ancient… -
Robert
July 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Kalosyni’s post in the thread "Healthy Hedonism - Why Feeling Good Is Good For You" - Book By Erica Oberg.Thanks Godfrey for sharing. It ties in with: "And since pleasure is the first good and natural to us, for this very reason we do not choose every pleasure, but sometimes we pass over many pleasures, when greater discomfort accrues to us as the result… -
Robert
July 29, 2026 at 11:37 PM Replied to the thread "Healthy Hedonism - Why Feeling Good Is Good For You" - Book By Erica Oberg.Post[…]
This is expressed beautifully. However long it took, at least you realized these things. I get the sense that some people never do. It's only recently that I've started to see things this way myself. -
Robert
July 29, 2026 at 11:32 PM Replied to the thread "Healthy Hedonism - Why Feeling Good Is Good For You" - Book By Erica Oberg.PostGodfrey I'm not sure we've interacted on the forum before, so hi! I enjoyed reading this and feel it could be quite benefical in terms of encouraging people to think along Epicurean lines. Most importantly, it helps dispel the stigma around the word… -
Kalosyni
July 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM Replied to the thread Heads up: New Book Coming in 2027.PostOh...and I clicked on the link for the book and see that the cover has a little hermit crab on it... that's a "bad omen"! -
Kalosyni
July 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM Replied to the thread Heads up: New Book Coming in 2027.PostThanks, Don ...at first glance it looks intriguing, though it's a fairly vague general description. Perhaps it is written for middle age folks who really do "have it all" but for some reason still feel unhappy. We have VS68 which touches on the idea… -
Cassius
July 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM Replied to the thread Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth?.PostEpisode 344 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth?"
[media]https://www.spreaker.com/episode/73244430/media -
kochiekoch
Reaction (Post)July 29, 2026 at 2:50 PM Randres61 tells us -
Good afternoon,
I hold a degree in Biology, although I spent my entire professional career working in software development, designing and building computer applications. If you wish, you can find my profile on LinkedIn. As you can see,… -
Cassius
July 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM Replied to the thread Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth?.PostThis episode will be up later today - in the meantime as a note to myself and Joshua, we discuss in this one that the Stoic position is that some perceptions are so clear that they cannot be denied -- and yet the stoics are talking about "assent" to the… -
kochiekoch
Reaction (Post)July 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250454256/theartofenough/
The Art of Enough: The Ancient Epicurean Philosophy of Finding and Keeping Happiness
Author: Jonny Thomson
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A modern-day guide to the ancient philosophy of Epicureanism, celebrating a…
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