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Don
July 12, 2026 at 8:37 AM Replied to the thread Experiental Avoidance of Pain / Aversion to Pain.PostBy Zeus! Gedney's going after Robertson's assertion that the Epicureans advocated "experiential avoidance" and does a good job from my perspective. The fact that he doesn't mention pleasure seems irrelevant in this context.
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Kalosyni
July 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM Replied to the thread Food and Medicine in the Time of the Epicureans in Ancient Greece and Rome.PostHere is a good video on "The Food of Ancient Greece" and which gives historical info:
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Cassius
Reaction (Post)July 12, 2026 at 8:06 AM Jack Gedney has struck a blow for Epicurus in two comments to that Robertson article! Huzzah! -
Cassius
July 12, 2026 at 8:05 AM Replied to the thread Experiental Avoidance of Pain / Aversion to Pain.Post[…]
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… -
Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 12, 2026 at 7:45 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… -
Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 12, 2026 at 7:44 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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Matteng
Reaction (Post)July 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM Jack Gedney has struck a blow for Epicurus in two comments to that Robertson article! Huzzah! -
Don
July 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM Replied to the thread Experiental Avoidance of Pain / Aversion to Pain.PostJack Gedney has struck a blow for Epicurus in two comments to that Robertson article! Huzzah! -
Raphael Raul
July 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM Replied to a comment by Julia on the image Our Journey from Atoms...to consciousness..Reply (Image/Video)Julia
Thank you, Julia, for your comment about my illustration "From Atoms to Consciouness".
Consciouness is an emergent property that interests me, as everything we experience in the world is filtered through it.
After you posted your comment, I… -
Cassius
July 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Joshua’s post in the thread During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy?.[…]
DaveT , we do have a partial record of the transmission of Epicureanism from Greece (and Greek) to Rome (and Latin), and much of it comes down to us from Cicero himself. Cicero wanted to cultivate a high Latin literature, and he wished also to…
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