There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - The Swerve And Rejection of Determinism
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Key Citations - The Swerve - Its Nature And Effects
- Cassius
January 23, 2021 at 9:19 AM
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January 23, 2021 at 9:19 AM
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Determinism & Chaos Theory 8
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May 3, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Subjectivity And Freedom To Find Pleasure In Various Things 3
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May 18, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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Reference to Epicurus' Views On Determinism in Cicero's "On Fate"
- Cassius
May 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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May 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Can Determinism Be Reconciled With Epicureanism? (Admin Edit - No, But Let's Talk About Why Not) 101
- waterholic
September 24, 2022 at 8:46 AM
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An Anti-Stoic Analysis Of Free Will That May (Or May Not) Be Helpful To Us 4
- Cassius
September 15, 2021 at 10:00 PM
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July 16, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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The Atomic Billiard Board, or: Understanding the Swerve to Mechanistic Determinism 7
- Charles
November 11, 2022 at 3:06 PM
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November 17, 2022 at 10:52 AM
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Thoughts about Humean Compatibilism 4
- SimonC
January 28, 2022 at 6:01 PM
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January 28, 2022 at 7:31 PM
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Analysis of Video By Sabine Hossenfelder ("You Don't Have Free Will But Don't Worry") 14
- Mathitis Kipouros
July 30, 2021 at 7:20 AM
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November 12, 2021 at 5:28 AM
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Free Will Again 11
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 18, 2021 at 11:32 PM
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Pierre-Marie Morel - "The Epicurean 'Up To Us' - Not To Be Proved"
- Cassius
June 27, 2021 at 8:53 AM
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June 27, 2021 at 8:53 AM
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Big Think Video on Free Will
- Don
March 29, 2021 at 10:10 PM
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March 29, 2021 at 10:10 PM
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Graphic - Arch-Enemy of Determinism and Skepticism 2
- Cassius
June 5, 2020 at 9:11 AM
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June 20, 2020 at 9:32 AM
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Sedley: "Epicurus' Refutation of Determinism" 4
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June 3, 2020 at 8:43 AM
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June 3, 2020 at 10:38 AM
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Free Will and the Recognition of Pleasure, or the Role of Desire 9
- Charles
April 19, 2020 at 8:53 AM
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On Terminology In Discussing "Free Will"
- Cassius
July 10, 2019 at 9:16 AM
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July 10, 2019 at 9:16 AM
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Free Will And The Stoics 1
- Cassius
June 26, 2019 at 8:22 AM
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On Free Will And Its Mockers 3
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June 14, 2019 at 4:56 PM
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Please Post Threads About The Swerve's Relationship to Free Will At the Location Linked Below....
- Cassius
June 16, 2019 at 11:16 AM
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What's the Difference Between Chance and Fate to an Epicurean? 12
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Starting Discussion of "Free Will" 18
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Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 19
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The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4
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June 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
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New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"
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