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What did Epicurus say about whether the universe had a beginning?

What Did Epicurus Say About Whether Humans Have A "Soul"?

What did Epicurus say about the relationship between "reason" and the senses?

What is the difference between Stoicism and Epicurean Philosophy?

This thread is for discussion of the FAQ "What Did Epicurus Say About Marriage?"

Also see:

See this article by Don - https://sites.google.com/view/epicurean…l-relationships

Also: https://newepicurean.com/love-marriage-…e-modern-world/

What Did Epicurus Say About Engagement With Society?

What Did Epicurus Say About "Free Will"?

Was Epicurus an "atheist?" What did Epicurus say about "gods?"

Additional discussion of this topic is in the thread below. See also the subforum devoted to this topic here: The Nature (Non-Existence) of Supernatural Gods - "Atheism" - Epicurean "Divinity"

This thread is to discuss the FAQ - "Was Epicurus a "dogmatist" or a "skeptic"?"

What Did Epicurus Say About The Relation Between "Reason" and "The Senses?"

What Did Epicurus Say About "The Guide" of Human Life?

What Did Epicurus Say About The Nature of Pleasure, and the relationship between Pleasure and "Absence of Pain"?

What Did Epicurus Say About the "Greatest Good" of Human Life?

Oh, you guys are in for a treat this Thanksgiving Day in the USA. Here is Elli with the opening of Lucretius Book 1 -

Lucretius Book I (Rolfe Humphries)

When human life, all too conspicuous,

Lay foully groveling on earth, weighed down

By grim Religion, looming from the skies,

Horribly threatening mortal men -- a man,

A Greek, first raised his mortal eyes

Bravely against this menace. No report

Of gods, no lightning-flash, no thunder-peal

Made this man cower, but drove him all the more

With passionate manliness of mind and will

To be the first to spring the tight-barred gates

Of Nature's hold asunder. So his force,

His vital force of mind, a conqueror

Beyond the flaming ramparts of the world

Explored the vast immensities of space

With wit and wisdom, and came back to us

Triumphant, bringing news of what can be

And what cannot, limits and boundaries,

The borderline, the bench mark, set forever.

Religion, so, is trampled underfoot,

And by his victory we reach the stars.

"The Epicurean Viewpoint", by George Kaplanis founding member of the Epicurean Garden in Thessaloniki

Discussion of this article can be here in this thread or in comments to the article.

This article has been posted by Elli here: "Epicurean influences on Enlightenment", by Dimitris Altas, Cardiologist, member of Epicurean Philosophy Friends of Thessaloniki. Discussion of the article can be here in this thread or in the comments underneath the article.

For our American readers and all who may celebrate it, best wishes for happiness and thanks for your participation here over the last year !

I think that (the importance of thinking about eternity) is why the letter to Pythocles includes "And most of all give yourself up to the study of the beginnings and of infinity and of the things akin to them, and also of the criteria of truth and of the feelings, and of the purpose." Kind of like with the issue of fate it may be more important to have a view on this that assists your living happily, even if wrong, than to have a view that boxes you into despair.