The Relationship of Pleasure To Absence of Pain And Disturbance

The Relationship of Pleasure To Absence of Pain And Disturbance

    2. A model of painlessness / aponia consistent with Lucretius' "vessel" analogy and references to the fullness of pleasure

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    2. Discussion of Article "Challenging Ataraxia" by Haris Dimitriadis 6

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    2. The Problem of Leaving "Ataraxia" Untranslated 1

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    2. An Exchange with Haris Dimitriadis on Pleasure vs Ataraxia 3

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    2. Reducing "Tranquilism" to its Absurd Conclusion 6

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    2. Tranquility v Pleasure 24

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    2. More Thoughts On Removal of Pain And The Letter to Menoeceus

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    2. Ataraxia: Tranquility at the End 3

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    2. An Exchange On The Use of Logic To Argue The "Absence of Pain" Issue

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    2. Every Instance of "Ataraxia," "Eudaemonia," and "Tranquilatas" in a Core Epicurean Text

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    2. "They Mistake For Pleasure The Mere Absence of Pain" - Thomas Jefferson

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    2. Karl Popper and the question: Is it worse to suffer pain than it is good to experience pleasure?

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    2. A Graphical Representation of Two Versions of "Absence of Pain" 1

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    2. Another Formulation of The "Absence of Pain" Issue, This One in Response to Elevic 1

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    2. Comments on "What Epicurus Can Teach Us About Freedom and Happiness"

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    2. Another Exchange on Ataraxia

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    2. "Absence of Pain" Discussion in Cicero's Criticism of Epciurus in On Ends

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    2. Gorgias - The Leaky Cask Hypothetical

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    2. Is "happiness" "prior" to being "tranquil"?

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    2. Comments on Painlessness

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Key Discussions Table

Physics: Canonics: Ethics:
Materiality:  Ultimate Particles and Void
 The Three Components of The Epicurean Canon Pleasure As the Highest Good
Epicurean Gods And Life Elsewhere In The Universe
 Epicurean Logic And Reason Virtue As Instrumental To Pleasure
The Impossibility of Life After Death
 The Trustworthiness of the Senses The Relationship of Pleasure To Absence of Pain And Disturbance
The Existence of "the Swerve"
 Knowledge And Truth Emotion In Epicurean Philosophy
The Universe As Eternal In Time
 The Significance of "Images" Engagement With The Non-Epicurean World
The Universe As Infinite In Space
Agency / Free Will
The Universe As Having No Center
Friendship in Epicurean Philosophy
The Impossibility of Infinite Divisibility
 Justice in Epicurean Philosophy

Dealing With Adversity