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Cassius
Reaction (Post)July 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM Along the same lines, I'll throw in some quotes from Epicurean sources:
"And you, sir, should consider it something most blessed (μακαριώτατον τι) to have rightly grasped what is best of all among what exists that we are able to conceive!"
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Bryan
Reaction (Post)July 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM I thought it might be instructive to see how "blessed" aka makarios is used in other contexts in ancient Greek contexts unrelated to the Epicurean description of the gods.
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Don
Reaction (Post)July 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM Along the same lines, I'll throw in some quotes from Epicurean sources:
"And you, sir, should consider it something most blessed (μακαριώτατον τι) to have rightly grasped what is best of all among what exists that we are able to conceive!"
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Bryan
July 10, 2026 at 9:14 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie?.Episode 341 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie?
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Bryan
July 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM Replied to the thread The Relationship of Happiness and Blessedness.PostAlong the same lines, I'll throw in some quotes from Epicurean sources:
"And you, sir, should consider it something most blessed (μακαριώτατον τι) to have rightly grasped what is best of all among what exists that we are able to conceive!"
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Bryan
Reaction (Post)July 10, 2026 at 8:09 PM There is a difference between "well-being" and "blessedness"...
In ancient Greek philosophy, Eudaimonia (εὐδαιμονία) is the process of active human flourishing, while Makarios (μακάριος) is the secure state of absolute contentment.
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)July 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM Kalosyni
I agree with you about exegesis itself. Nor do I disagree with your exegesis. Nor am I attempting any eisegesis on the texts.
I am simply saying that I personally cannot relate to the concept of blessedness (nor any kind of god-likeness) in my… -
Godfrey
Reaction (Post)July 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM […]
Wow! I've always had respect for Robertson as one of the better translators of Stoicism for the modern world. But that is so egregiously wrong. He clearly did not do his due diligence on that.
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)July 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM Here’s the news on the scrolls from the Smithsonian Institution.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sci…tion-180989036/
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