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Patrikios
March 25, 2026 at 1:42 PM Commented on the image Postcard of Epigram 27.Comment (Image/Video)Eikadistes ,
What a clever way to showcase a verse from ancient writings! It is catchy, and gives a better feel to what type of invitation was being conveyed in that epigram. More importantly, I loved how you took historical facts and put them into… -
Kalosyni
March 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM Replied to the thread Causes of Happiness.PostHappiness causes, which (according to the above article) are unique to each person, meaning that the specifics and the quantities are variable and different for each person - there is no "one-size-fits-all" prescription for happiness. And this also… -
Patrikios
March 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM Replied to the thread Sunday March 22, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 265.Post[…]
Cassius
As we discussed today, there is a recent 2026 publication that deals with concepts, including anticipatory concepts; e.g. preconceptions (prolēpseis).
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As Epicurus taught, to know what is real or true, we must return to the "Tripod of Truth… -
Cassius
March 25, 2026 at 12:53 PM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.Post[…]
It's an interesting question. I am not opposed to doing that at some point, and in fact I expect to do more interviews/discussions as we've done on the podcast in the past, but I need to think through exactly if and when debating with someone… -
DaveT
March 25, 2026 at 12:27 PM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.PostCassius Complements on your thorough refutation of Pigliucci's article on the duty to engage among Stoics. I wish you and he could engage in a scholarly journal on issues he asserted and your response. Any ideas on how to initiate something like that? -
Cassius
March 25, 2026 at 7:40 AM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.Post[…]
I may change that but have not thought it through. -
Don
March 25, 2026 at 6:46 AM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.PostI see you don't allow comments on Substack. That's a shame. I'd really be curious to see Pigliucci's response to your response. I did see someone posted your link to his comments. -
Don
March 25, 2026 at 6:26 AM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.PostWell done!!
Oddly enough, this came up on my Substack feed before I saw it here, and I started reading. Really enjoyed it. Kept thinking, I have to share this on the forum. Got to the end, and at that point realized it was Cassius's!
Great response to… -
Cassius
March 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.PostThank you Tau Phi.
Many of our EpicureanFriends participants arrived here after traveling through Stoicism - myself included. Many open-minded people read the Stoic materials and it's probably a good means of exposure for us to at least occasionally… -
TauPhi
March 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM Replied to the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.PostI usually avoid philosophical skirmishes because they tend to lead to 'my god is better than your god' scenarios but I want to give credit where credit is due. I really enjoyed your response Cassius . This is a very well written article and the… -
Cassius
March 24, 2026 at 1:14 PM Posted the thread Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”.ThreadI will update this thread but it will provide for the main place for discussion of this article.
epicureanfriends.com/wcf/blog/entry/68/ -
Cassius
Blog ArticleMarch 24, 2026 at 1:10 PM This article is viewable also on Substack.
Massimo Pigliucci’s essay “The Garden Or The Forum: Epicurus, The Stoics, And The Duty To Engage” represents precisely the kind of Stoic-inflected reading of Epicurus that has dominated popular philosophy for… -
Joshua
March 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM Replied to the thread Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Not Yet Recorded.Post -
Kalosyni
March 23, 2026 at 7:57 PM Posted the thread Causes of Happiness.Thread -
Eikadistes
March 22, 2026 at 1:47 PM Replied to a comment by Don on the image Postcard of Epigram 27.Reply (Image/Video)Great find! In that context, those food items would have been much more synonymous with luxury to the average ear. I wonder if there might be an analogy to something like lobster, once-despised, now-prized? -
Joshua
March 22, 2026 at 1:39 PM Replied to the thread Sunday March 22, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 265.Post[…] -
Don
March 22, 2026 at 12:59 PM Commented on the image Postcard of Epigram 27.Comment (Image/Video)At least according to the Edict of Maximum Prices from Diocletian, sow's udder and uterus were two of the most expensive meats in the later Empire:
https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/23644199
20 and 24 denarius comm. respectively, as opposed to 8 for… -
Martin
March 22, 2026 at 9:57 AM Replied to the thread Epicurus vs Kant and Modern Idealism - Introduction.Post[…]
Kant himself does take these positions. However, later Kantians may differ. I am an Epicurean, not a Kantian. My reference to being "Kantian" is limited to him as being named as the original source of the distinction between a model and truth. He used… -
Cassius
PostMarch 22, 2026 at 6:29 AM […]
Robert much of the difficulty comes from the loss of the first part of the book, meaning that what we have left starts in the middle and appears to be stating non-Epicurean views. Rather than presenting his own opinions Philodemus is giving a survey… -
Cassius
March 22, 2026 at 6:09 AM Replied to the thread Epicurus vs Kant and Modern Idealism - Introduction.PostThank you Martin. It will be helpful for us to dig further into Kant and clarify why he is such a lightning-rod for dispute. This should prove to be a very useful thread.
So just so I am clear - because you've apparently read a lot more Kant than I have:
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Martin
March 22, 2026 at 2:56 AM Replied to the thread Epicurus vs Kant and Modern Idealism - Introduction.PostThe rejection of both plain rationalism and plain empiricism is an overlap between Epicurus and Kant.
Kant replaced them with a unified epistemology drawing from parts of both of them. Based on his new approach to epistemology, scientists usually present… -
Robert
PostMarch 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM […]
Hmm--did it have something to do with detecting celestial objects, as in the indirect detection of Neptune by observing anomalies in the orbit of Uranus? I remember mentioning this for some reason.
Very interested to see how Philodemus approaches the… -
Cassius
March 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM Replied to the thread Welcome M Dango.PostM.Dango tells us -
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Cassius
March 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM Posted the thread Welcome M Dango.ThreadWelcome m.dango !
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EdGenX
March 21, 2026 at 5:54 PM Replied to the thread Welcome ThomasJ54!.PostWelcome ThomasJ54! -
Cassius
ThreadMarch 21, 2026 at 5:35 PM I decided it would be interesting to do some research on what famous modern philosopher might be closest to Epicurus in core philosophic views. I generated a draft of the following using AI and then edited the entire document in way that I understand… -
Joshua
March 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM Commented on the image Postcard of Epigram 27.Comment (Image/Video)When I was working in Florida I had a colleague from Texas who was getting married, and his extended family was traveling from there for the occasion. He was quite excited, because they were bringing him a delicacy that he remembered from his youth;… -
Cassius
ThreadMarch 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM These week we will continue around section 1:265 of Lucretius and explore further the implications of the invisibility of atoms and how we can have confidence in something that is not visible.
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Cassius
March 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM Posted the thread Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Not Yet Recorded.ThreadWelcome to Episode 326 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… -
Eikadistes
March 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM Commented on the image Postcard of Epigram 27.Comment (Image/Video)I went down a rabbit hole on the udders.
I'm not convinced that Philódēmos wasn't telling his old friend, "Bro, if you can manage to drag yourself away from the big tits and booze at your bourgeoisie parties...". I think it might have a double-meaning.…
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