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Randall Moose
January 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Why Epicurus Railed Against Atheists And Questioned Their Sanity.Those who don't dive deeper into understanding Epicurus' precise views of things are likely to be taken aback by the fact (reported by Philodemus) that Epicurus "railed against" and "questioned the very sanity" of atheists. (Quoted by Philodemus, Piet.… -
Randall Moose
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Joshua’s post in the thread Would It Be Fair To Say That Epicurus Taught "Lower Your Expectations And You'll Never Be Disappointed"?.Usener 135
Johannes Stobaeus, Anthology, 3.17.24:
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Randall Moose
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Kalosyni’s post in the thread Would It Be Fair To Say That Epicurus Taught "Lower Your Expectations And You'll Never Be Disappointed"?.Cassius your statement "Lower your expectations and you will never be dissatisfied" could be compared to this PD:
PD15. "The wealth demanded by nature is both limited and easily procured; that demanded by idle imaginings stretches on to infinity." -
Bryan
Reaction (Post)January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM Great catches Joshua. This is one of the ways going through Academic Questions and then to Philodemus "On Signs" is going to help us.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-i-N-G depends upon this intersection of canonics / epistemology and physics.
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Cassius
January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM Replied to the thread Thomas Nail - Returning to Lucretius.PostGreat catches Joshua. This is one of the ways going through Academic Questions and then to Philodemus "On Signs" is going to help us.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-i-N-G depends upon this intersection of canonics / epistemology and physics.
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Bryan
Reaction (Post)January 27, 2026 at 7:55 PM I haven't read the article, but I notice that we are going to be encountering related ideas in Academic Questions, Book 1, section 2 this weekend;
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And I also recall that Alfred Tennyson in Lucretius makes reference to 'streams' of atoms;
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Cassius
Reaction (Post)January 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM I haven't read the article, but I notice that we are going to be encountering related ideas in Academic Questions, Book 1, section 2 this weekend;
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And I also recall that Alfred Tennyson in Lucretius makes reference to 'streams' of atoms;
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM I haven't read the article, but I notice that we are going to be encountering related ideas in Academic Questions, Book 1, section 2 this weekend;
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And I also recall that Alfred Tennyson in Lucretius makes reference to 'streams' of atoms;
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Joshua
January 27, 2026 at 7:18 PM Replied to the thread Thomas Nail - Returning to Lucretius.PostI haven't read the article, but I notice that we are going to be encountering related ideas in Academic Questions, Book 1, section 2 this weekend;
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And I also recall that Alfred Tennyson in Lucretius makes reference to 'streams' of atoms;
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Patrikios
January 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cleveland Okie’s post in the thread The "Suggested Further Reading" in "Living for Pleasure".Matteng I second Joshua's recommendation of The Swerve. Aside from its Epicurean interest, it is a really fun read.
If "Epicureanism in the Renaissance" is an interest for some of y'all, I would also recommend Ada Palmer's Reading Lucretius in the…
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