Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.

The Term Pleasure Includes Bodily as well as Mental Pleasures Such As Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc. Likewise The Term Pain Includes All Bodily and Mental Pains.

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    2. Key Citations - Only Two Feelings: Pleasure And Pain

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2023 at 9:34 AM
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    2. Maslow's hierarchy of needs 11

      • Matteng
      • August 24, 2022 at 4:11 PM
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      November 27, 2024 at 10:25 AM

    2. Choice & Avoidance: towards a better translation for avoidance 38

      • Julia
      • August 15, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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      August 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM

    2. Article on the Science of Guilty Pleasures 3

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    4. Kalosyni

      June 16, 2024 at 2:23 PM

    2. A Food Analogy That May Be Useful In Thinking About Stimulative vs Non-Stimulative Pleasures 7

      • Cassius
      • March 28, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      March 28, 2024 at 12:23 PM

    2. Positive Emotions and Happiness

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    2. The concept of resilience vs. ataraxia 5

      • Titus
      • November 1, 2023 at 5:19 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      January 13, 2024 at 10:34 AM

    2. Is gratitude a katastematic or kinetic pleasure? 69

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      • November 4, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 4, 2023 at 5:13 PM

    2. Competing Greek Words for Pleasure in the Epicurean Corpus? 12

      • Pacatus
      • October 31, 2023 at 1:00 PM
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      • November 1, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 1, 2023 at 1:19 PM

    2. Article: Does Neutral Affect Exist?

      • Kalosyni
      • October 14, 2023 at 8:19 AM
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    2. Comparing "Pleasure = Absence of Pain" to "Body = Absence of Void;" A Cite to Lucretius 1:503 6

      • Cassius
      • August 25, 2023 at 4:58 PM
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      • September 10, 2023 at 8:41 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      September 10, 2023 at 8:41 PM

    2. Modern Neuroscience And The Katastematic / Kinetic Debate 61

      • Don
      • June 29, 2023 at 2:14 PM
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      • July 28, 2023 at 1:31 PM
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    4. Don

      July 28, 2023 at 1:31 PM

    2. Latest video from Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett - "How Emotions Work" 1

      • Don
      • June 22, 2023 at 2:33 PM
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      • June 29, 2023 at 7:36 PM
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      June 29, 2023 at 7:36 PM

    2. Pleasures of the Mind In Comparison To Pleasures of the Body 3

      • Cassius
      • April 13, 2023 at 4:19 PM
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      • April 13, 2023 at 7:21 PM
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    4. Don

      April 13, 2023 at 7:21 PM

    2. Confidence in Katastematic Pleasure 47

      • Don
      • February 10, 2023 at 11:00 PM
      • Don
      • February 13, 2023 at 10:07 AM
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    4. Don

      February 13, 2023 at 10:07 AM

    2. Do Pigs Value Katastematic Pleasure? ( Summer 2022 K / K Discussion) 167

      • Don
      • June 29, 2022 at 11:26 PM
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      • October 20, 2022 at 11:57 AM
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      October 20, 2022 at 11:57 AM

    2. The Sweeping Nature Of The Word "Pleasure" 3

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      • July 29, 2022 at 2:36 PM
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    2. Applying K/K Theory to Practical Life Issues 1

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      • July 18, 2022 at 3:39 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      July 18, 2022 at 3:39 PM

    2. Another Article Insisting On The Importance of the Kinetic / Katestematic Distinction, Despite Citing Nikolsky 16

      • Cassius
      • September 28, 2019 at 6:35 PM
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      • July 10, 2022 at 12:48 AM
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      July 10, 2022 at 12:48 AM

    2. On The Need To "Fulfill Your Nature" By Pursuing Your Natural Dispositions 2

      • Cassius
      • May 16, 2022 at 8:16 AM
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    2. CNN Article on Reclaiming Sexual Pleasure

      • Don
      • September 4, 2021 at 10:08 AM
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    2. Archival Preservation of Antique Books 1

      • Joshua
      • May 22, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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    2. Is [X] a waste of time? 26

      • Joshua
      • September 30, 2020 at 8:21 PM
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      • October 1, 2020 at 5:37 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 1, 2020 at 5:37 PM

    2. Emotional states from an epicurean pov 8

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      • July 19, 2020 at 8:23 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 19, 2020 at 8:23 PM

    2. What A Mess This K / K Issue Is - Here is Someone Saying These are "The Most Dominant Terms In Epicurus' Theory of Pleasures" 7

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2020 at 7:49 AM
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    2. Epicurean Attitudes Toward Emotion 19

      • Cassius
      • March 10, 2020 at 7:28 AM
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      • March 14, 2020 at 12:05 AM
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      March 14, 2020 at 12:05 AM

    2. Emotions, reason, the body and more 2

      • Godfrey
      • February 23, 2020 at 3:12 PM
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    2. Dialogue on Katastematic Pleasure 38

      • Hiram
      • February 16, 2018 at 4:33 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 21, 2018 at 4:16 PM

    2. "Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony To Mislead The Jury! The Evidence Is Clear: Not Only Is "Ataraxia" Not The Highest Pleasure - Ataraxia Alone Is Not A Pleasure At All! 2

      • Cassius
      • January 27, 2018 at 2:11 PM
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      February 2, 2018 at 7:56 AM

    2. DeWitt: "It Makes No Difference That Some Pleasures Are Static And Some Are Kinetic" 20

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      • January 28, 2018 at 6:17 AM
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    2. What fears does modern science remove, as Epicurean physics did in antiquity? 31

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