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Godfrey
Reaction (Post)August 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM […]
Sort of similar to pleasures in that respect. There's always a context that is going to have great influence on when and how you address relieving a pan, just like how you address pursuing a pleasure..
To me that's another reason why "Maximize Net… -
Cassius
August 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM Replied to the thread Epicurus And Homer's Odyssey.Post -
Cassius
PostAugust 4, 2026 at 9:03 PM […]
Dave, the further I read into Arenson's book the more i would encourage the part I underlined. I'm not disagreeing with what you are saying about your more practical approach - I am saying that i don't think you are going far enough.
Arenson is… -
Cassius
August 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM Replied to the thread Preparing A Public Domain Audio And Text Version Lucretius In Modern American English.PostI have returned to this project now that the audiobook generation technology continues to advance, and below is a link to my latest version of Lucretius. This is largely the Bailey version but with various edits to shorten sentences so as to prevent the… -
Matteng
Reaction (Post)August 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM […]
Must add: Good friends are also conducive toward "good spirits", and this would be a common sense way of understanding the desires that lead to happiness. It is from pleasure we begin, and to pleasure which we arrive. -
Cassius
PostAugust 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM Let me expand and double down on this:
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So yes as far as I can tell Epicurus never says that all pleasures are equally desirable, any more than he says that all pains are equally undesirable. It would be ludicrious to take those positions, but the … -
Cassius
PostAugust 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM Dave, I appreciate your engaging on this; it was your posts yesterday that led to a discussion last night at our "meet and greet" and kept me awake last night thinking about it all.
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While this does some work toward clarification I don't think it goes… -
Cassius
PostAugust 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM […]
Sort of similar to pleasures in that respect. There's always a context that is going to have great influence on when and how you address relieving a pan, just like how you address pursuing a pleasure..
To me that's another reason why "Maximize Net… -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)August 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM Looking from the end rather than from the start, I have been thinking since a long time that Epicurean philosophy works as a good compass to navigate all the problems people are facing, especially nowadays, regarding starting a family and managing… -
DaveT
PostAugust 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM […]
Are you responding to my original post at #33? I can agree with your comment here without hesitation. Do you see how it fits with my application of PD 3? The automatic process of pleasure upon removing pain (completely or partially) remains true and…
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