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  • Godfrey March 17, 2026 at 11:37 PM

    Reacted with Like to TauPhi’s post in the thread Seikilos Poem - Discussion.
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    This is cool. I didn't know about its existence. Thank you Eikadistes . It reminds me of something I wrote to myself some time ago. I rarely share my personal scribblings with anyone but I'll make an exception on this occasion:

    Radiate, pulsate and be…

  • Lowri834 March 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM

    Reacted with Like to TauPhi’s post in the thread Seikilos Poem - Discussion.
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    This is cool. I didn't know about its existence. Thank you Eikadistes . It reminds me of something I wrote to myself some time ago. I rarely share my personal scribblings with anyone but I'll make an exception on this occasion:

    Radiate, pulsate and be…

  • TauPhi March 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM

    Replied to the thread Seikilos Poem - Discussion.
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    This is cool. I didn't know about its existence. Thank you Eikadistes . It reminds me of something I wrote to myself some time ago. I rarely share my personal scribblings with anyone but I'll make an exception on this occasion:

    Radiate, pulsate and be…

  • Kalosyni March 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM

    Commented on the image Seikilos Poem.
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    The song is featured in the opening of this play, with the last line subtitle translation as "and Time demands his due"

    youtu.be/Zw9QoJXIiXg

  • Eikadistes March 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM

    Reacted with Thanks to Cassius’s post in the thread Seikilos Poem - Discussion.
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    We have a graphic on the forum to which Eikadistes added some commentary. I'm not sure that discussion is findable through the gallery, so I am setting up this thread to make discussion about it easier to find.

    Here's the graphic:

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  • Cassius March 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM

    Replied to a comment by Eikadistes on the image Seikilos Poem.
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    Very interesting Eikadistes and thank you.

    I want to be sure that your comments and future discussion are findable so I am setting up this forum thread, which is easier to find using the search function:

    Seikilos Poem - Discussion

  • Cassius March 17, 2026 at 2:35 PM

    Replied to the thread Seikilos Poem - Discussion.
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    Eikadistes' commentary on the poem:

    Seikilos Poem - Discussion

  • Cassius March 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM

    Posted the thread Seikilos Poem - Discussion.
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    We have a graphic on the forum to which Eikadistes added some commentary. I'm not sure that discussion is findable through the gallery, so I am setting up this thread to make discussion about it easier to find.

    Here's the graphic:

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  • Eikadistes March 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM

    Commented on the image Seikilos Poem.
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    I just found something really interesting that I wanted to bring up! I include the following in footnotes here. In a nutshell, I find that it is reasonable to suppose that (1) Seikílos was a seasoned composer, and (2) He was a proper Epicurean.

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  • Cassius March 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM

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    Right - the burden of proof issue is certainly relevant to standards of proof so let's discuss that too.

    In these philosophic questions does the burden of proof rest on the person asserting something that is contrary to observable evidence? Or on the…

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