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Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 9, 2026 at 6:25 AM […]
Raphael Raul ,
This is an interesting thread, to which I’ll post other replies. However, to this opening sentence, I would tell someone today, that I have heard this same refrain of similar “burdens” on married life for decades. It was true in… -
Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 9, 2026 at 6:24 AM It is striking to observe how someone can speak of prudence while repeating the very error Aristotle made when he claimed that women have fewer teeth than men - without ever opening a single mouth to count. He preferred abstraction to reality, assumption… -
Martin
July 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Athenian Epicurean Program on Thomas Jefferson And Epicurus.I just learned about this via Google. I will see what else I can find out. Apparently there was something in late June that I wasn't aware of at all -
https://www.thenationalherald.com/dr-yapijakis-t…y-presentation/
Clicking the registration link gives… -
Martin
July 9, 2026 at 3:59 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Don’s post in the thread During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy?.I found this Medium article interesting, too: https://medium.com/thought-thinke…ce-4301dccc3990
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We learn about the specific of reading practices in ancient Greece mostly not from written evidences which would describe the process of reading, but… -
Don
July 8, 2026 at 10:36 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostFWIW, here are two threads from a few years ago where the katastematic discussion was taking place:
RE: Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? Confidence in Katastematic Pleasure I think I still generally agree with what I posted over… -
Cassius
July 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Don’s post in the thread During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy?.I found this Medium article interesting, too: https://medium.com/thought-thinke…ce-4301dccc3990
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We learn about the specific of reading practices in ancient Greece mostly not from written evidences which would describe the process of reading, but… -
Don
July 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM Replied to the thread During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy?.PostI found this Medium article interesting, too: https://medium.com/thought-thinke…ce-4301dccc3990
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We learn about the specific of reading practices in ancient Greece mostly not from written evidences which would describe the process of reading, but… -
Max DuBoff
July 8, 2026 at 6:13 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Max Duboff.PostAhh, good, yes. Your interpretation is certainly a plausible one. But Torquatus's argument in 1.37, as I understand it, is trying to show that katastematic pleasure is a pleasure. He uses that general principle to make this conclusion. We rejoice at… -
Martin
July 8, 2026 at 5:34 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Don’s post in the thread During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy?.Book 28 of On Nature ends with:
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He uses the word ἀκρόασις "hearing, hearkening or listening to" where "lecture series" is the translation even though its a written work. The work is also written partially as a dialogue between Metrodorus and… -
Kalosyni
July 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Bryan’s post in the thread During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy?.Let me throw this quote in:
"However, with the study of grammar being twofold [1] the one promising to teach the elements and their combinations and being in general an art of writing and reading, and [2] the other being, in comparison, a deeper ability:…
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