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Pacatus
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM Diogene Laertius talks about Epicureans (as a comparison to the Cyrenaics) in this section in Book 2 of Diogenes Laertius, online:
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Cassius
July 14, 2026 at 10:38 AM Replied to the thread Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge?.PostEpisode 342 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge?"
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 7:27 AM […]
Ah, this might be a good way to get at why or how we might have a different perspective on this. My understanding of our control over our own ataraxia stems from my view of tranquility/ataraxia being (possibly) less expansive than you.
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Julia
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM […]
Am I reading this below correctly? Donald Robertson asserts directly to Jack Gedney that the supreme goal of Epicureanism is freedom from physical and mental pain and Jack does not respond by disagreeing with him and correcting him to say that the… -
Julia
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 6:17 AM […]
Unfortunately, it's equally if not more probable than he's got a sheet-full of citations from modern writers supporting him on that. Wrong, but they are legion. -
Julia
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 6:17 AM […]
Wow! I've always had respect for Robertson as one of the better translators of Stoicism for the modern world. But that is so egregiously wrong. He clearly did not do his due diligence on that.
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Julia
Reaction (Post)July 14, 2026 at 6:16 AM I may have more to say later but this is why you don't listen to stoics - or anyone who advoccates relief from pain rather than pleasure - as what Epicurus taught as the Supreme Good.
The whole premise of the article is built on a false conception that…
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