The Relationship of Pleasure To "Good" And Pain To "Evil"
Listen to the latest Lucretius Today Podcast! Episode 223 is now available. In this episode, we address Cicero's accusation that Epicureans Are Undergoing the Exertions Of Life for The Equivalent Of A Drop of Honey.
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Torquatus' Statement of the Epicurean View Of The Ultimate Good In "On Ends" 26
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September 28, 2021 at 5:35 AM
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The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model 2
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January 30, 2016 at 7:10 PM
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November 19, 2021 at 9:44 AM
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Excellent Article on the Nature of Pleasure
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February 3, 2016 at 9:19 PM
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February 3, 2016 at 9:19 PM
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Thomas Jefferson's "Head And Heart" Letter
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April 7, 2021 at 11:02 AM
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April 7, 2021 at 11:02 AM
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Pleasure As the Goal - A Blog Post by Eoghan Gardiner
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May 11, 2018 at 5:44 PM
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May 11, 2018 at 5:44 PM
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Nature Didn't Give Us A Faculty of "Something Else"
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December 17, 2018 at 8:13 PM
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December 17, 2018 at 8:13 PM
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Getting Oriented - Where To Start For NewComers
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May 16, 2019 at 9:01 AM
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May 16, 2019 at 9:01 AM
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Theophrastus - Perception is generally pleasurable....
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September 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM
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September 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM
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Socrates / Plato - The Pursuit of Pleasure as "cookery" or "flattery"
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September 24, 2016 at 3:28 PM
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September 24, 2016 at 3:28 PM
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Loving Life? Or Loving Anesthesia?
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June 1, 2015 at 9:47 AM
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June 1, 2015 at 9:47 AM
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Commentary on "The Ultimate Tranquilizer"
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September 24, 2018 at 11:14 AM
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September 24, 2018 at 11:14 AM
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Simonides - Without pleasure, not even the life of the gods is enviable.
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September 24, 2016 at 3:02 PM
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September 24, 2016 at 3:02 PM
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Pleasure, "Absence of Pain," and Two States of Feeling
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July 12, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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July 12, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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Another Aspect of PD3's "The Limit of Quantity In Pleasures..." - Pleasure Is A Matter For Individual / Flexible Measurement
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July 6, 2019 at 9:29 AM
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July 6, 2019 at 9:29 AM
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Common Objections and Responses
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April 29, 2015 at 4:00 PM
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April 29, 2015 at 4:00 PM
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Another Summary, This Time Prompted by Eoghan
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April 28, 2018 at 10:07 AM
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April 28, 2018 at 10:07 AM
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For Those Who Dispute That Pleasurable Living Is the Goal of Life, What Would You Say Is The Goal Instead?
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March 11, 2017 at 6:02 PM
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March 11, 2017 at 6:02 PM
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A Video on Epicurus and Pleasure Being Better Than God Or Virtue. 1
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July 25, 2020 at 11:02 AM
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July 25, 2020 at 11:04 AM
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An Exchange On The Subject of Ataraxia As "The Ultimate Pleasure"
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November 5, 2018 at 4:07 PM
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November 5, 2018 at 4:07 PM
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How Much Pleasure Is Needed For A Happy Life? 1
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November 11, 2019 at 9:13 AM
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November 11, 2019 at 9:14 AM
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"Absence of Pain" In Cicero's "On Ends"
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September 18, 2016 at 8:16 AM
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September 18, 2016 at 8:16 AM
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Obeying the law is pleasurable 1
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January 11, 2020 at 9:29 PM
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January 11, 2020 at 9:59 PM
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The Goal of Life - From Torquatus in "On Ends"
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January 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM
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January 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM
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In Life, There is No Antidote to Pain But Pleasure
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December 10, 2017 at 11:22 AM
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December 10, 2017 at 11:22 AM
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Victor Frankl 3
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November 22, 2020 at 5:15 AM
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November 25, 2020 at 6:48 AM
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A List of Objections To Epicurus From A Modern Christian - Hyde's "From Epicurus To Christ"
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January 6, 2019 at 9:46 AM
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January 6, 2019 at 9:46 AM
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Pleasure slogans 5
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November 13, 2020 at 6:48 PM
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November 13, 2020 at 9:04 PM
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More on "Simple Pleasures" 3
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January 15, 2018 at 8:33 PM
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Considering the Importance of Mental Pleasures 3
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May 29, 2018 at 1:48 PM
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Post At Modern Epicurean Blog - "Epicurean Ethics Considered And Defended" 7
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September 7, 2020 at 10:33 AM
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