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Martin
Reaction (Post)July 1, 2026 at 2:02 AM I'm not aware of the accepted interpretation of PD20 . My personal understanding is that Epicurus is simply pointing out that every human life has a natural limit. If we understand that our lives are finite, then infinity becomes irrelevant and wishing… -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)July 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM Thanks Max. Here's one way to get at some of these issues:
If there are only two feelings, pleasure and pain, which seems well established in the texts by Diogenes Laertius and by Torquatus in On Ends, then where does "Tranquility" fit into that scheme,… -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)July 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM I'm not aware of the accepted interpretation of PD20 . My personal understanding is that Epicurus is simply pointing out that every human life has a natural limit. If we understand that our lives are finite, then infinity becomes irrelevant and wishing… -
Godfrey
July 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostI'm not aware of the accepted interpretation of PD20 . My personal understanding is that Epicurus is simply pointing out that every human life has a natural limit. If we understand that our lives are finite, then infinity becomes irrelevant and wishing… -
Bryan
June 30, 2026 at 11:18 PM Reacted withReaction (Blog Article)
to the blog article The Nature of the Soul According to Epicurus.The Nature of the Soul According to Epicurus
Blog article by Kalosyni (based on material created for the Epicurean Ethics study group)
1. Introduction and Overview: Ancient Greek Thought on the Soul
The concept of the soul occupied a central place in… -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)June 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM […]
This one is the kind of objection raised by someone who just refuses to read what Epicurus had to say and to think things through categorically and logically, Here's the sequence:
Pleasure and Pain are the only two feelings. Every experience falls in… -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)June 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM […]
This is one of the most disreputable of all the objections. Who gets to define and ordain that "social activities" are good and "unsocial / immoral activities" are bad? We are supposed to just accept THEIR decrees as to what is good and what is… -
Cassius
June 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM Replied to the thread Flourishing / Pleasure as the goal.Post[…]
Most of this probably does not need an answer except as to the last -- the idea that people would "do nothing" when they achieve "absence of pain" is the real atrocity of the "tranqulity is king" perspective. That attitude achieves what it sets out… -
Cassius
June 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM Replied to the thread Flourishing / Pleasure as the goal.Post[…]
This is one of the most disreputable of all the objections. Who gets to define and ordain that "social activities" are good and "unsocial / immoral activities" are bad? We are supposed to just accept THEIR decrees as to what is good and what is… -
Cassius
June 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM Replied to the thread Flourishing / Pleasure as the goal.Post[…]
This one is the kind of objection raised by someone who just refuses to read what Epicurus had to say and to think things through categorically and logically, Here's the sequence:
Pleasure and Pain are the only two feelings. Every experience falls in…
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