Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility
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Key Citations - Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature
- Cassius
October 4, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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About This Subforum - Everyone Please Read! 3
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October 28, 2020 at 7:24 AM
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Philodemus On Piety 36
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Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Positive Attributes 3
- Kalosyni
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Epicureanism as the spiritual essence or 'religion' of an entire community 111
- Peter Konstans
September 29, 2023 at 4:14 PM
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Article: "Extraterrestrial Life May Look Nothing Like Life On Earth..." (and for our purposes, applying the article to "gods") 31
- Cassius
December 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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"The Polytheism of the Epicureans" by Paul T. M. Jackson 13
- Godfrey
October 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM
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Are Epicurean Gods Compatible with Carl Jung's Collective Unconscious and Archetypes? 7
- Kalosyni
September 4, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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Hidden Brain podcast: Suggested Episodes on the Gods & Religion 7
- Don
June 29, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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Prioritizing By Popularity The Arguments For Intelligent Design
- Cassius
May 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 215 22
- Don
August 16, 2022 at 3:53 PM
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Pros and Cons Of Considering Epicurean Philosophy To Be A "Religion" 119
- Cassius
January 22, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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Article On Contemplation on the Gods 7
- Kalosyni
March 19, 2024 at 5:06 PM
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Article: The Ethical Implications of Epicurus' Theology by Stefano Mecci 15
- Godfrey
September 26, 2023 at 4:22 PM
- Godfrey
September 27, 2023 at 5:05 PM
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Epicurean gods and Aristotelian contemplation 7
- Godfrey
September 2, 2023 at 10:56 PM
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The Real Impact of Epicurus saying the celestial bodies weren't gods! 1
- Don
August 16, 2023 at 4:37 PM
- Don
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Which (Epicurean) God ...? 4
- Pacatus
May 28, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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Knowledge of the Gods as "Manifest" 22
- Cassius
December 12, 2022 at 3:57 PM
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For Gods There Are 6
- Kalosyni
August 14, 2022 at 9:00 PM
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"Lucretius on the Divine" - Dr. Christopher Eckerman 14
- Don
May 24, 2022 at 6:28 AM
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Article: "Significance of Worship and Prayer among the Epicureans" by George Depue Hadzsits 2
- Susan Hill
November 15, 2020 at 10:57 AM
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Thoughts on Reverence, Awe, and Epicurean Piety 10
- Godfrey
October 28, 2020 at 9:03 PM
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Declaration Of Rights Of Epicureans To Freedom of Religion - Cassius' Declaration of August 20, 2021 9
- Cassius
August 20, 2021 at 2:04 PM
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Atheopaganism Commentary 5
- Cassius
January 12, 2021 at 6:59 AM
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Reverence and Awe In Epicurean Philosophy 164
- Susan Hill
October 23, 2020 at 9:06 AM
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Long and Sedley, Hellenistic Philosophers, "Gods" 25
- Don
November 25, 2020 at 5:41 PM
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Applied Theology 5
- Susan Hill
November 3, 2020 at 7:33 AM
- Susan Hill
November 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM
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From Philodemus 4
- Susan Hill
October 28, 2020 at 2:09 PM
- Susan Hill
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Introductory Video on Epicurean Gods and the Three Responses 13
- Susan Hill
October 29, 2020 at 7:07 AM
- Susan Hill
October 29, 2020 at 10:11 PM
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Other Short Fragments and Testimonia
- Susan Hill
October 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 19
- Cassius
April 1, 2022 at 5:36 PM - Philodemus On Anger
- Cassius
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The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
- Kalosyni
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New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"
- Cassius
June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM - Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
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Best Lucretius translation? 9
- Rolf
June 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
- Rolf
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New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1
- Eikadistes
June 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM - Uncategorized Discussion (General)
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