True Divinity Is Incorruptible And Blessed - Nature Of Gods

This forum focuses on questions of the "existence" and "nature" of Epicurean gods. The Ethical questions of a proper attitude toward divinity are discussed in this Ethics subforum.

    2. Key Citations - Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature 1

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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      • July 22, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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    2. About This Subforum - Everyone Please Read! 3

      • Cassius
      • October 28, 2020 at 7:24 AM
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      • October 30, 2020 at 3:32 PM
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    4. Don

      October 30, 2020 at 3:32 PM

    2. New Article By Eikadistes on Twentiers Site -- Fragments from Philodemus "On Gods"

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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      • July 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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    2. Was Epicurus Influenced by Xenophanes? 2

      • Kalosyni
      • April 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      April 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM

    2. Earthly Gods 1

      • Pacatus
      • December 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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      • December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

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    2. Other Short Fragments and Testimonia

      • Susan Hill
      • October 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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      • October 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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    2. Was Lucretius More "Anti-Religious" Than Epicurus Himself? 4

      • DaveT
      • December 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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      • December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM

    2. Prioritizing By Popularity The Arguments For Intelligent Design

      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
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    2. Why Epicurus Railed Against Atheists And Questioned Their Sanity 5

      • Cassius
      • January 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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      • January 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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    4. kochiekoch

      January 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM

    2. An Exchange involving the Ontological Argument For The Existence of a Supernatural God

      • Cassius
      • July 6, 2018 at 6:19 AM
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    2. Philodemus "On Gods" in translation (English or other)? 4

      • Robert
      • October 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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      • October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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      October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM

    2. The Argument In Favor of a Supernatural God Based On Alleged Issues With Concept of Infinity

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
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      • November 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
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    2. From the Pen of the Master: Epicurus 1

      • Susan Hill
      • October 28, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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      • October 28, 2020 at 10:13 AM
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    4. Susan Hill

      October 28, 2020 at 10:13 AM

    2. A Question About Epicurean Gods

      • Cassius
      • November 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM
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      • November 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM
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    2. The Real Impact of Epicurus saying the celestial bodies weren't gods! 1

      • Don
      • August 16, 2023 at 4:37 PM
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      • August 16, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 16, 2023 at 5:30 PM

    2. From Cicero 1

      • Susan Hill
      • October 28, 2020 at 10:28 AM
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      • October 28, 2020 at 10:49 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 28, 2020 at 10:49 AM

    2. Are The Gods Part of Orienting Our Minds Toward What Is Important? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM
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    4. Hiram

      July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    2. Hesiod’s Theogony 1

      • Matt
      • January 12, 2019 at 8:05 AM
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      • January 12, 2019 at 8:25 AM
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      January 12, 2019 at 8:25 AM

    2. A Discussion of Epicurean Concepts of Divinity

      • Cassius
      • May 15, 2016 at 4:51 PM
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    2. A Great Summary With References Of The Epicurean Affirmation Of The Existence of "Gods" 1

      • Cassius
      • July 7, 2018 at 7:07 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 7, 2018 at 7:07 AM

    2. Prolepsis and the Epicurean Gods (discussion split from earlier thread started by Titus) 39

      • Titus
      • June 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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      • June 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM

    2. Under the Sliding Signs of Heaven-Lucretius' Poetic Echoes 2

      • Joshua
      • August 25, 2019 at 2:30 PM
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      • August 25, 2019 at 3:28 PM
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      August 25, 2019 at 3:28 PM

    2. Which (Epicurean) God ...? 4

      • Pacatus
      • May 31, 2023 at 12:17 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      May 31, 2023 at 12:17 PM

    2. 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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      • March 4, 2022 at 6:30 AM
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    4. Don

      March 4, 2022 at 6:30 AM

    2. Article On Contemplation on the Gods 7

      • Kalosyni
      • March 19, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. Reasonings about Philodemus’ On Piety

      • Hiram
      • May 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM
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      • May 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM
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    2. Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses Positive Attributes 3

      • Kalosyni
      • May 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM

    2. Applied Theology 5

      • Susan Hill
      • November 3, 2020 at 7:33 AM
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      • November 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM

    2. Notes On Non-Religious-Based Objections To Darwin And Their Relation to "Evolution" Sections of Lucretius 3

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2020 at 11:09 AM
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    4. Don

      May 30, 2020 at 11:09 AM

    2. Epicurean gods and Aristotelian contemplation 7

      • Godfrey
      • September 2, 2023 at 10:56 PM
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      • September 3, 2023 at 9:47 AM
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    4. Don

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