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m.dango
Reaction (Post)March 30, 2026 at 7:49 PM
As part of our collaborative work toward an "Epicurean Week" we have come up with a series of "power-point" slides which introduce the philosophy in seven simple steps. The formulation here may change over time as we fine tune this as part of our… -
Cassius
March 30, 2026 at 7:37 PM Posted the thread Use Of The Term "Metaphysics" In Discussing Epicurus.ThreadIn several conversations recently, including with Martin on one of our recent Zooms (if I recall correctly) and others here privately on the forum, the question has arisen as to whether it would be better to refer to Epicurus' study of nature as… -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)March 30, 2026 at 6:09 PM Excellent thread! In a less scholarly vein regarding perceptions of the mind...
So I was just eating tortilla chips with my lunch. I picked up a chip and looked at it. I noticed a spontaneous memory of eating chips in the past, and also noticed a … -
Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)March 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM Yes that video sets up the issue very well thank you! -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)March 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM Principal Doctrine 24 (PD 24) is one of the more convoluted doctrines with multiple phrases and conjunctions. I would like to provide some commentary and break the doctrine down into manageable words and phrases for everyone to get a more coherent… -
Cassius
March 30, 2026 at 2:44 PM Added the version 1.0.1 of the file David Sedley - "Epicurean Anti-Reductionism" - 1988.File VersionImproved PDF with fixed searchability. Thanks to J !!!! -
Julia
Reaction (Post)March 30, 2026 at 11:24 AM It would be good to collect references like this and compare them with for example Aristotle. Didn't he have some kind of listing of types of government according to how large was the ruling class, and he also had a classification of good and bad forms… -
Julia
Reaction (Post)March 30, 2026 at 11:23 AM Halfway through Book VII of Philodemus' On Rhetoric, I came across the following, surprising quotation:
"Rhetors prefer to live in a democracy, the worst form of government."
I am well aware of Plato's authoritarian politics ... Philodemus seems to… -
Julia
March 30, 2026 at 6:10 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread A Pattern I Observe In The Connection (Or Lack Thereof) Between Humanism And Epicurean Philosophy.My goal in the discussion of "Humanism" has been to generate "light" rather than "heat," but since the goal of life is "light" (pleasure), and not the avoidance of "heat" (pain), I have more to add. The accompanying graphic is not a "proof" of anything.…
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