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kochiekoch
Reaction (Post)June 28, 2026 at 9:00 PM Here's more detailed publication:
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kochiekoch
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June 28, 2026 at 8:52 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… -
kochiekoch
Reaction (Post)June 28, 2026 at 8:37 PM As Kalosyni syni informed us the other day, there has been a recent development regarding Philodemus' library at Herculaneum, and for the first time a complete scroll has been digitally unrolled from beginning to end.
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)June 28, 2026 at 12:09 PM I was re-reading this interesting thread and would like to make a couple of observations. I have no trouble accepting that avoiding pain can be a prime method, even a goal, of finding pleasure. This would be true either by an isolated act, or… -
wbernys
Reaction (Post)June 28, 2026 at 11:55 AM I was re-reading this interesting thread and would like to make a couple of observations. I have no trouble accepting that avoiding pain can be a prime method, even a goal, of finding pleasure. This would be true either by an isolated act, or… -
Joshua
June 28, 2026 at 11:31 AM Replied to the thread Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - Not Yet Recorded.PostAs Kalosyni syni informed us the other day, there has been a recent development regarding Philodemus' library at Herculaneum, and for the first time a complete scroll has been digitally unrolled from beginning to end.
A link to a PDF containing the…
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