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Bryan
Reaction (Post)January 30, 2026 at 11:09 PM This is exactly the kind of conversation I'd like to have here to help us prepare for when we record the summary, so this is a fine place for it. I may need to ask you to be a little more clear as to what you are saying however. I picked out this… -
Bryan
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I don't think that even in the US there is just one absolute definition of what these are. And these labels are only understood in contrast to their opposites, as well as requiring an examination of specific actions and specific situations. For an… -
Kalosyni
January 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM Replied to the thread Summarizing Epicurean Answers to Tusculan Questions.Post[…]
I don't think that even in the US there is just one absolute definition of what these are. And these labels are only understood in contrast to their opposites, as well as requiring an examination of specific actions and specific situations. For an… -
Bryan
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to Cassius’s post in the thread Episode 319 - EATAQ1 - Epicurean Answers To Academic Questions - Not Yet Recorded.I am going to be trying to review the text from a couple of different perspectives, and to assist in that I've prepared a text-to-speech edition which I can listen to while traveling or at other opportunities.
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Cassius
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM Replied to the thread Summarizing Epicurean Answers to Tusculan Questions.PostThis is exactly the kind of conversation I'd like to have here to help us prepare for when we record the summary, so this is a fine place for it. I may need to ask you to be a little more clear as to what you are saying however. I picked out this… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)January 30, 2026 at 2:26 PM Cassius This closing item in the post seems so important to me. I'd like to pose questions on it BUT since you asked for comments on your summary, perhaps my reply ought to be somewhere else. Please move it if you think appropriate
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DaveT
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 PM Replied to the thread Summarizing Epicurean Answers to Tusculan Questions.PostCassius This closing item in the post seems so important to me. I'd like to pose questions on it BUT since you asked for comments on your summary, perhaps my reply ought to be somewhere else. Please move it if you think appropriate
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Cassius
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM Replied to the thread Episode 319 - EATAQ1 - Epicurean Answers To Academic Questions - Not Yet Recorded.PostI am going to be trying to review the text from a couple of different perspectives, and to assist in that I've prepared a text-to-speech edition which I can listen to while traveling or at other opportunities.
At this stage I have done only minimal review… -
Cassius
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM Posted the thread Summarizing Epicurean Answers to Tusculan Questions.ThreadAs I write this on January 30 we are planning to proceed with Episode 319 as an opening introduction to Cicero's Academic Questions. I note however that in Episode 318 we read and commented to the end of Tusculan Disputations, but we did not attempt to…
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