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July 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Aristos!.PostAristos tells us this:
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PostJuly 20, 2026 at 3:02 PM Good to hear from you Charles.
If we can't be clear in Epicurean philosophy about the centrality of pleasure, we don't need to be talking about Epicurean philosophy at all.
Might was well also forget the positions on gods and death - which not… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)July 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM I admire the clarity of purpose as of late in combatting this idea. It's been some time since I've engaged with Stoic and Christian communities online but this was always the primary charge they levied on Epicurus, which in their mind was humoring him.… -
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July 20, 2026 at 2:59 PM Posted the thread Welcome Aristos!.ThreadWelcome Aristos
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PostJuly 20, 2026 at 2:09 PM I admire the clarity of purpose as of late in combatting this idea. It's been some time since I've engaged with Stoic and Christian communities online but this was always the primary charge they levied on Epicurus, which in their mind was humoring him.… -
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Reaction (Blog Article)July 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM […]
Centuries of commentators have treated this and similar statements as an invitation to make something other than pleasure the real goal of Epicurean philosophy -- a neutral resting state, a merely negative condition, a "tranquility" or "static… -
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