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Patrikios
Reaction (Post)June 23, 2026 at 3:38 PM Alie Ward released an episode of Ologies this month that complements this Eudemonology episode nicely:
Awe Psychology (WONDER) with Dr. Dacher Keltner
I've casually followed Dr. Keltner for a while and his book on Awe has been on my "to be read" list for… -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)June 23, 2026 at 3:24 PM Thanks Don!
https://epicurustoday.com/sbslucretius/#3-843
Bailey:
And even if the nature of mind and the power of soul has feeling, after it has been rent asunder from our body, yet it is naught to us, who are made one by the mating and marriage of body and… -
Patrikios
June 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM Replied to the thread Comparing Modern Ideas vs Epicurean Ideas on Well-being and Joy.Post[…]
Kalosyni
Once again, you find lovely ways to remind us just how relevant the Epicurean teachings are to living a modern healthy life filled with eudaimonia!
It appears that each of those 4 major groupings and most all of the sub-topics could be… -
Patrikios
June 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Raphael Raul’s post in the thread Comparing Modern Ideas vs Epicurean Ideas on Well-being and Joy.Thanks for the information you gathered, Kalosyni.
All those suggestions I try to follow. They are all important and work together organically.
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Cassius
June 23, 2026 at 1:20 PM Replied to the thread Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence (Eternal Return) In Relation To Lucretius.PostNietzsche is all over the board at various phases of his life but I find this to be consistently stated by every commentator I have seen, so I think it is correct:
Its purpose is to test your life-affirmation;
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Kalosyni
June 23, 2026 at 11:49 AM Replied to the thread Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence (Eternal Return) In Relation To Lucretius.PostTrying to understand "eternal recurrence" and found this from Google:
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Kalosyni
June 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Don’s post in the thread Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence (Eternal Return) In Relation To Lucretius.[…]
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I'll concede that some people do want to smuggle in Buddhist or Stoic ideas into Epicurus' philosophy, and this is not the right way to go. However, I have come to see that not all whose concern or focus is "relief from pain" are doing this. To… -
Lowri834
June 23, 2026 at 11:16 AM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Don’s post in the thread Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence (Eternal Return) In Relation To Lucretius.[…]
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I'll concede that some people do want to smuggle in Buddhist or Stoic ideas into Epicurus' philosophy, and this is not the right way to go. However, I have come to see that not all whose concern or focus is "relief from pain" are doing this. To… -
Don
June 23, 2026 at 8:21 AM Replied to the thread Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence (Eternal Return) In Relation To Lucretius.PostOkay, this is good. I am genuinely curious to follow up on a couple points you made:
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Are there instances of people "seeing death as the ultimate reward of life rather than pleasure"?
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I need to go back and read deeper maybe, but is someone like… -
Cassius
June 23, 2026 at 7:55 AM Replied to the thread Nietzsche's Eternal Recurrence (Eternal Return) In Relation To Lucretius.PostWhile the "big picture" issue of how to present Epicurus was what spurred my additions to this thread, I do think it is probably also worth confirming issues raised in the quoted section which presumed a negative answer:
(1) Would we wish to live…
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