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David Sedley's "Epicurean Theories of Knowledge From Hermarchus To Lucretius And Philodemus"

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    • August 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    Thanks to Godfrey for this link:

    Epicurean theories of knowledge from Hermarchus to Lucretius and Philodemus
    Epicurean theories of knowledge from Hermarchus to Lucretius and Philodemus
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    I note that it contains reference to something we've mentioned briefly lately, Epicurean criticism of Democritus and others who tended toward skepticism:

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    • August 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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    Joshua given the material we covered in the last podcast, we may want to take a look at the material in this article and cover it next week, especially since this is a pretty recent article (2018 if i read correctly) and this helps us link together some of the more recently-discovered material with the older material.

  • Cassius February 10, 2026 at 10:14 AM

    Changed the title of the thread from “David Sedley's "Epicurean Theories of Knowledge” to “David Sedley's "Epicurean Theories of Knowledge From Hermarchus To Lucretius And Philodemus"”.
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    • April 7, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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    It appears for some reason that this thread was closed in error, as I don't see another one treating the same article by Sedley. It's directly relevant to issues of knowledge and probability so I am bumping it for reference in current discussions.

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