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Martin
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Eikadistes’s post in the thread 'Their God Is The Belly" / "The Root of All Good Is The Pleasure Of The Stomach" And Similar Attributions.[…]
Well, it might be.
I was just thinking about this the other day. I was asking myself, "If I had to take a basic math test, would I score better with a stomach virus? Or with heartbreak?" I'm not sure if the answer would be the same for everyone, but I… -
Martin
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Bryan’s post in the thread 'Their God Is The Belly" / "The Root of All Good Is The Pleasure Of The Stomach" And Similar Attributions.[…]
I think Epicurus' famous "barley-cake and water give out the highest pleasure" in his letter to Menoeceus (131a) comes rather close.
If we had to choose between food and our libraries, we must pick the food in every case -- or die like those Buddhists… -
Adrastus
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Godfrey
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Don’s post in the thread 'Their God Is The Belly" / "The Root of All Good Is The Pleasure Of The Stomach" And Similar Attributions.[…]
Additionally on this, you seem to be inferring that "the pleasures of the stomach" have to do with something more fancy than "a simple diet." That's not necessarily the case. It's about satisfying that natural feeling of hunger, listening to your… -
Godfrey
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Don’s post in the thread 'Their God Is The Belly" / "The Root of All Good Is The Pleasure Of The Stomach" And Similar Attributions.I'm in agreement with Bryan and Eikadistes in their posts above. Additionally...
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We have SO few extant core texts from card-carrying Epicureans that we have to rely on what's reported fragmentarily in other ancient authors. I want to take a look… -
Godfrey
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM Replied to the thread What's the consensus on transhumanism/brain uploading?.Post -
Godfrey
Reaction (Post)November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM My thoughts on transhumanism (e.g., uploading consciousness to a machine or transferring it to another brain) are directly akin to my thoughts on the "pleasure machine": WHO owns the hardware doing the storage or transfer? What are their motivations?… -
Bryan
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Eikadistes’s post in the thread What's the consensus on transhumanism/brain uploading?.[…]
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Bryan
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Martin’s post in the thread Epicurean strategies for dealing with bad habits and urges..Here are examples of what has worked for me:
Chocolate mousse:
In the past, I splurged on chocolate mousse at a buffet restaurent where I ate about once per week. Eating a lot of chocolate mousse was certainly a bad habit because of the high sugar content.… -
Bryan
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Cassius’s post in the thread Epicurean strategies for dealing with bad habits and urges..Right and I see that your thread title is "bad habits and urges." But it seems clear that Stoicism and other aspects of Greek thought deemed all emotion as bad, and I wanted to get that point out front in the discussion. Once it's clear that emotion…
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