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kochiekoch
April 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM Replied to the thread Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt.PostShe's dead to the community. She's not playing the game and getting into the role the early Christian community laid out for her. The sinning widow is going to hell in a bucket!
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Patrikios
April 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM Replied to the thread Epicurus' Response to "Infinite Regress" Arguments.PostIs this topic related to the thread on Motion?
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Patrikios
April 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM Replied to the thread Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt.Post[…]
From a naturalist or Epicurean standpoint, the widow who studies nature, cultivates reason, builds friendships, and finds peace through understanding the world around her is living with extraordinary richness and intentionality. Calling that… -
Bryan
April 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Is Motion One Of The Three Eternal Properties of Atoms? I.E. Are The Three Properties Shape, Size, and MOTION?.Thanks Patrikios. It's always tricky to try to fit the "logic" arguments with the latest "science."
Going back to Sedley's Article "The Inferential Basis of Epicurean Ethics," I think there's a relationship here between Epicurus' decision to divide the… -
Patrikios
April 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Is Motion One Of The Three Eternal Properties of Atoms? I.E. Are The Three Properties Shape, Size, and MOTION?.Thanks Patrikios. It's always tricky to try to fit the "logic" arguments with the latest "science."
Going back to Sedley's Article "The Inferential Basis of Epicurean Ethics," I think there's a relationship here between Epicurus' decision to divide the… -
Matteng
PostApril 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM In the past I thought laws of nature and natural forces are missing in Epicurean physics.
I searched for them and yes would like partly in this thread see the forces in the „motion of uncuttables“ but maybe also with an extension like an additional… -
kochiekoch
April 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Cassius’s post in the thread Responding to the Avicenna "Proof of the Truthful" Argument For A Supernatural God.Here's another logical conundrum: Why don't we just all crawl in a hole and die when AI can provide excellent answers that we might never be able to construct ourselves?
In the meantime while we ponder that, here's an articulate Epicurean response to… -
Aeneadum
Reaction (Post)April 16, 2026 at 1:18 PM Welcome to the forum Aeneadum
The greatest motivation for quiting addictions is realizing that the pain outweighs the pleasure. Also, the strong desire to feel healthy again, and the strong desire to do what is necessary to maintain long-term health… -
Cassius
PostApril 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM We don't get far into this issue of "kalapsis" in this episode, but it came up in our background discussions and it's going to come up further in coming weeks. For that reason I have set up the following thread, and anyone who has time to help us move… -
Cassius
April 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM Posted the thread Epicurean Prolepsis / Canonics vs Stoic Katalepsis.Threadin coming weeks on the podcast we are going to be making a decision how much further to go into Cicero's "Academic Questions" and when to turn our attention to Philodemus' "On Signs."
A key aspect of when we will be ready to do that will involve our…
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