Epicureanism and the Enjoyment of True Pleasures
Listen to the latest Lucretius Today Podcast! Episode 225 is now available. Cicero Argues That A Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar to Pleasure.
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Thanks for posting Hiram. After reading, my summary is: An abysmal collection of every Stoic-lite / modern misrepresentation of Epicurus:
It is a guarantee you can take to the bank that someone who emphasizes "True Pleasure" is going to trample over Epicurus' own viewpoint that "all pleasure is good." Sigh.
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For refutation of the "state of mind" allegation see the article by Matthew Wenham:
This is a strongly overbroad attempt to incorporate Benthamite utiltarianism when there is no justification whatsoever, and much opposed, to looking at "the whole" of society/nations/the world.
And thus the payoff of this type of article: ASCETICISM