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wbernys
Reaction (Post)June 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM Today we are making changes to our forum participation levels to make the titles more informative. The full details are on our Community Stands, Participation Levels, And Posting Policies page. The relevant part is reproduced below.2. Participation
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Cassius
June 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM Posted the thread Updates To Participation Level Designations.ThreadToday we are making changes to our forum participation levels to make the titles more informative. The full details are on our Community Stands, Participation Levels, And Posting Policies page. The relevant part is reproduced below.2. Participation
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)June 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM I'm sorry to resurrect this thread after 5 years of inactivity, but if anyone's interested in this 350 years old book, I've restored it and prepared a modern PDF version.
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Cassius
ThreadJune 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM Welcome to Episode 339 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… -
Godfrey
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wbernys
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Don
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to Cassius’s post in the thread Epicurus As A Community Organizer/Activist Rather Than Isolated Thinker/Writer.I've been looking at several aspects of reorganization of the forum, and I thought it would be useful to highlight ways in which Epicurus himself as a model was not just an individual thinker but as a primary part of his effort was working with others to… -
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Kalosyni
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to the blog article The Letter of Epicurus to His Mother.The Letter of Epicurus to His Mother
Diogenes of Oinoanda (fr. 125–126) – Free rendering
Mother, concerning everything that troubles you, I want you to form clear and confident thoughts. The images we see in dreams - especially when they concern things not…
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