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Don
February 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Going back to the recent question in which the Stoic article was cited, I want to add this:
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Again, the entire discussion in the article gets off to a bad start by failing to be clear what is meant by happiness. But even within the general framework of… -
Cassius
February 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostGoing back to the recent question in which the Stoic article was cited, I want to add this:
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Again, the entire discussion in the article gets off to a bad start by failing to be clear what is meant by happiness. But even within the general framework of… -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)February 21, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Happy Twentieth Everyone!
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Cassius
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Cassius
February 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostMatt there is something else I want to add. I see that you are going through a long sequence of statements about Stoicism and analyzing the logic of them. Anytime I get confronted with a long intricate chain argument, I always remember this from Lucian's… -
Joshua
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Cassius
February 20, 2026 at 5:58 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Post[…]
i would say from the very first sentence you are not defining what happiness means, so that it would be unproductive to evaluate anything after that starting point without more specifity. -
Matteng
February 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostI try to deconstruct it a little bit, point for point, my statements come after "=>":
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=> 1) Compatible with Epicurean Philosophy
2) questionable
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=> 3) Yes ok, but Pain Signals are important Information for life/Health/self preservation
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Cassius
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Cassius
ThreadFebruary 20, 2026 at 3:10 PM Welcome to Episode 322 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the…
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