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. About This Subforum - Everyone Please Read! 3

      • Cassius
      • October 28, 2020 at 7:24 AM
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    2. Key Citations - Nothing Is Supernatural - No Gods Over Nature 1

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    2. Reasonings about Philodemus’ On Piety

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      • May 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM
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    2. A Discussion of Epicurean Concepts of Divinity

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      • May 15, 2016 at 4:51 PM
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    2. The Argument In Favor of a Supernatural God Based On Alleged Issues With Concept of Infinity

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      • November 26, 2017 at 7:30 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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    2. The Epicurean Gods As A Standard To Which To Aspire 6

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      • July 13, 2018 at 10:53 AM
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    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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      July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    2. Realism matters 4

      • Cassius
      • December 28, 2019 at 4:34 PM
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    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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      May 30, 2020 at 11:09 AM

    2. Reverence and Awe In Epicurean Philosophy 164

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      • October 23, 2020 at 9:06 AM
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    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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    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. Introductory Video on Epicurean Gods and the Three Responses 13

      • Susan Hill
      • October 29, 2020 at 7:07 AM
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      • October 29, 2020 at 10:11 PM
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    4. Don

      October 29, 2020 at 10:11 PM

    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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      November 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM

    2. 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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      • August 21, 2021 at 6:44 AM
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    2. Knowledge of the Gods as "Manifest" 22

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      • December 12, 2022 at 3:57 PM
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      • December 13, 2022 at 12:17 PM
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    4. Don

      December 13, 2022 at 12:17 PM

    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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    2. Was Epicurus Influenced by Xenophanes? 2

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

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    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. 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. Hesiod’s Theogony 1

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      • January 12, 2019 at 8:05 AM
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    2. Satisfying the Conditions of an Epicurean "god" 6

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      • August 15, 2019 at 8:21 PM
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      • August 16, 2019 at 1:15 PM
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      August 16, 2019 at 1:15 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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    2. On the nature of a god 4

      • Michael
      • November 2, 2019 at 10:47 AM
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      • November 4, 2019 at 10:28 AM
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      November 4, 2019 at 10:28 AM

    2. "The Polytheism of the Epicureans" by Paul T. M. Jackson 13

      • Godfrey
      • October 2, 2020 at 9:13 PM
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      • December 14, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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    2. Notes on "Epicurus and His Gods" by A.J. Festugiere 4

      • Godfrey
      • October 23, 2020 at 6:49 PM
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      • October 24, 2020 at 6:32 AM
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      October 24, 2020 at 6:32 AM

    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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      October 28, 2020 at 10:13 AM

    2. From Philodemus 4

      • Susan Hill
      • October 28, 2020 at 2:09 PM
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      • October 30, 2020 at 3:16 PM
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    2. Atheopaganism Commentary 5

      • Cassius
      • January 12, 2021 at 6:59 AM
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