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  • Bryan December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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    I am happy to see that map Elli included! I made it many years ago and have it on my wall... but I did not expect to see it in the wild! I forgot I had even shared it.

  • Eikadistes December 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM

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    Elli publish here! Facebook won't let me read it without re-enlisting. ;)

  • Eikadistes December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM

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    Please do!

    While none of the Hellenists predicted the wide spectrum of discoveries that the 20th-century uniquely hosted, Epíkouros seems to me to have anticipated more of the contemporary nuances than any other philosopher. One, subtle example I like…

  • Eikadistes December 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM

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    Welcome! (And awesome first post!)

  • Cassius December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM

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    JC this is going to over my own head and I suspect many of our readers, but I absolutely do hope you will add your simplified version and keep posting about it even if responses are slow.

    We very much need to step up our game on physics and any posts you…

  • jcblackmon December 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM

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    Thank you, Martin. Looking forward to any thoughts you might have on it.

  • Kalosyni December 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM

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    I happened upon this and wanted to share...have not read all the entries, but some aspects seem compatible to Epicureanism...looks to be helpful toward removing severe mental pains:

    https://nowmattersnow.org/learn-skills/

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    Edit note: This website also…

  • jcblackmon December 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM

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    Hi, everyone. I've argued that if, as Epicurus held, in some frame of reference all the most fundamental particles of which all other things are composed move at the same speed (his doctrine of isotacheia, also isotakheia), and if that speed is c, then…

  • Martin December 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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    An Analysis of a Father’s Death Sentence Against His Own Son - Torquatus and the Roman Recasting of Epicurean Philosophy.

    Titus Manlius Torquatus, as portrayed in Cicero’s De Finibus, appears as a defender of Epicurean philosophy. Although many of his…

  • Martin December 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM

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    Between night and day lie twilight and dawn - moments that belong neither to light nor to darkness, yet honor both as complementary shades of our natural, tangible, and shared reality. These moments transcend - or rather, refute- the Aristotelian logic…

  • Cassius December 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM

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    Welcome to Episode 312 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…

  • Cassius December 14, 2025 at 7:21 AM

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    Admin note: The biggest frustration I have with our forum software is that we don't have the site set up to give prominence to "articles" such as this new one by Elli. The current "blog" and "articles" section do not appear to be well integrated with the…

  • Martin December 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM

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    Welcome JCBlackmon!

    I am a physicist, too, and guess the derivation is similar to the derivation from the absolute constance of the speed of light and the equivalence of all inertial frames of reference. Please explain or share a link to your publication.

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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    For someone debating whether to comment on this article, here again is one of the key paragraphs:

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    The question comes down to: It's *not* the fear of pain, alone that should cause us to not want to diie. But if our only distinction in discussion fear of…

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM

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    Here is an excerpt from the article, which comes after she states that in theory, of course, it would be preferable to live in an actual Epicurean garden:

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    This underlined statmeent is consistent with the position taken by Aioz and Baori in their "…

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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    Also Eikadistes you have raised one of the subtleties of the article that is not apparent til you read it thoroughly.

    The issue is not simply limited to "we are afraid of dying a painful death because we don't want pain."

    As Austin points out, if that…

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM

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    Hello jcblackmon in case you tried and were not able to post you should be able to do so now!

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM

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    Great post, Eikadistes, and I want to emphasize how much I share this view. I am not "afraid" of pain because I know it can be overcome or escaped. But even though I am not "afraid" I am sure as heck motivated to act against it and make sure that I…

  • Eikadistes December 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM

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    Superficially, I'm not sure I like the idea of identifying"fear" as the motivating factor behind preventing preventable death, versus, perhaps, rational avoidance. Then again, we practice avoidance to prevent non-constructive pain, and fear is definitely…

  • EdGenX December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM

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    Welcome aboard JCBlackmon!

  • DaveT December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM

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    Beautiful prose clearly stated. Thank you.

  • DaveT December 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM

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    Yes, that seems to be a very reasonable way to springboard a conversation. I, as one closer to death than most of our friends, I "try" to not fear death, and while seeking support for that in Epicurus, I submit to it's inevitability. No big issue…

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM

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    JCBlackmon tells us in part:

    I am interested in Epicurus for two main reasons. First, I very much admire stoicism; second, I think it can be shown how an empirical and mathematical equivalent of Einsteinian relativity can be derived from his atomism,…

  • Cassius December 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM

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    Welcome jcblackmon !

    There is one last step to complete your registration:

    All new registrants must post a response to this message here in this welcome thread (we do this in order to minimize spam registrations).

    You must post your response within 24…

  • Kalosyni December 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM

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    I feel very differently than you do DaveT and I think it provides an excellent springboard for discussing many aspects of death and dying. Perhaps you feel very confident that you have conquered all your fears for all aspects of death and pain. But…

  • DaveT December 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM

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    I had already begun the article before commenting earlier. However I decided it wasn't worth my brain buster skills to follow along and I stopped without finishing it. If I was asked by Emily Austin what I thought about it, I'd ask her in turn, why…

  • Don December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM

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    Another potential paper to add to the mix:

    https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/7565349

  • Cassius December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM

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    Glad to hear it! And we look forward to your posting with any comments or questions you have as you read it or read other threads on the forum. It's a big part of he enjoyment we get from the forum to hear what others are thinking and respond to…

  • Kalosyni December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM

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    --fyi to everyone--We are setting the Fourth Sunday to discuss this article--open to all fully registered members.

    Fourth Sunday Zoom - December 28, 2025 - Epicurean Philosophy Discussion - Agenda

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