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Cassius
June 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM Posted the thread Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - Not Yet Recorded.ThreadWelcome to Episode 340 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… -
sanantoniogarden
Reaction (Post)June 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM Hello everyone and especially the mod team. I just wanted to add a post here because it has been a year (and I don't want to be mistaken as inactive, even though I haven't posted).
Over the past 12 months I have read Norman DeWitt's Epicurus and His… -
Pacatus
Reaction (Post)June 27, 2026 at 1:02 PM […]
Certainly true!
In fact, if Plutarch is correct, Epicureans were even known to say, “Let even this have forgiveness” more literally it means "Let even this have a mutual understanding" which is a certainly a helpful mantra to have in mind for… -
Pacatus
June 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM Replied to the thread Epicurean Virtue.PostInteresting: that’s very different from the main New Testament Greek word translated as “forgive” – ᾰ̓φῑ́ημῐ.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80…9#Ancient_Greek
Another word, ἀπολύω, is used once in the NT (at Luke 6:37) as “forgive.” It is also… -
Godfrey
June 27, 2026 at 12:51 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Pacatus’s post in the thread Your Experience with Philosophical and Practical Contemplations Through the Lens of Epicurean Philosophy.Just in terms of contemplation tools, I conjured up, over time, this virtual version of a Roman lararium (a home shrine). The central figure is my paternal grandmother, Mae, flanked by images of Epicurus (Mae is likely the most Epicurean person I’ve… -
Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)June 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM […]
Certainly true!
In fact, if Plutarch is correct, Epicureans were even known to say, “Let even this have forgiveness” more literally it means "Let even this have a mutual understanding" which is a certainly a helpful mantra to have in mind for… -
Kalosyni
June 27, 2026 at 9:47 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Pacatus’s post in the thread Your Experience with Philosophical and Practical Contemplations Through the Lens of Epicurean Philosophy.Just in terms of contemplation tools, I conjured up, over time, this virtual version of a Roman lararium (a home shrine). The central figure is my paternal grandmother, Mae, flanked by images of Epicurus (Mae is likely the most Epicurean person I’ve… -
Kalosyni
June 27, 2026 at 9:47 AM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Godfrey’s post in the thread Your Experience with Philosophical and Practical Contemplations Through the Lens of Epicurean Philosophy.[…]
Well said!
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Kalosyni
June 27, 2026 at 9:47 AM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Pacatus’s post in the thread Your Experience with Philosophical and Practical Contemplations Through the Lens of Epicurean Philosophy.Kalosyni : Thanks for this thread, and the prompting blog.
For me, these days, it's mostly how (a) to abide in some serenity and ease in the midst of all the turmoil in the world (some of which directly affects people I know), (b) while appreciating… -
Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)June 27, 2026 at 9:46 AM […]
Please don't hold back questions or thoughts! That's largely what we are here for and you've read plenty to have lots to say! Thanks for sticking with us!
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