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    would it be reasonable to equate prolepsis with instinct?

    No because there are also acquired variants of prolepsis. In a recent video call, I mentioned reflexes as similar examples for innate prolepses. However, Epicurus used prolepsis as a standard of truth. Both instincts and reflexes are about automatic behavior, and not about truth. Therefore, it might be wrong to call instincts or reflexes prolepses.

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  • ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus

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    • May 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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    Which are your favourites? What do y'all think about the idea in general?

    Martin, do you have a suggestion? :)

    I do not have a particular preference for any of the suggestions in this thread so far and have none on my own. Among the shown stable three body systems, this one appears to be optimum between simplicity and complexity and provides multiple aspects for symbolism:

    5_4_800_36_downscaled-Pick1-2.jpg

  • "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful"

    • Martin
    • May 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM

    Here is an article why the reliance on models/theories in science and the realism-anti-realism dispute in the philosophy of science should not turn us into Sceptics:

    "When is a Fact a Fact?": A Conversation with Peter Vickers

    I found the link at Philosophy Matters on: Facebook

  • ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus

    • Martin
    • May 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM

    I do not see it, probably because of the larger atom at the top and the different sizes of the "eyes" as mentioned by Julia.

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    • April 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM

    I mostly agree with Cassius' take on humanism. However, the definition of humanism by the American Humanist Association appears to be compatible with Epicurus' philosophy:

    Humanism and Its Aspirations: Humanist Manifesto III, a Successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933 - American Humanist Association

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  • Why Everything Turns More Complex

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    • April 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM

    In the recent article "Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex" in Quantamagazine,
    (Link:

    Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex | Quanta Magazine
    A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and…
    www.quantamagazine.org

    found on the FB-page "Philosophy Matters": https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyMttrs )
    Philip Ball mentions two times that the suggested answer to the question is compatible with / does not contradict the second law of thermodynamics.
    Considering that according to C.F.v. Weizsaecker, the second law of thermodynamics actually drives complexity -
    see "Aufbau der Physik" or "The Structure of Physics", English edition by Thomas Goernitz, Holger Lyre, Springer Science & Business Media, 2007, ISBN 1402052359, 9781402052354:
    https://books.google.co.th/books/about/The_Structure_of_Physics.html?id=DeexONN0zDgC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
    - it should be possible to derive the answer given in that article from the second law of thermodynamics.

  • Discussion on Exercising Caution When Studying Fragments

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    • March 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM

    Another big issue with fragments, especially from Philodemus, is whether a particular fragment expresses Philodemus' own view or that of an opponent.

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    Epicurus got in (at least) one shipwreck.

    There are texts in which Epicurus describes looking at a wrecked ship and which indicate that he took a ship at a season which was dangerous for travel by ship to flee from Mytilene. However, none of these texts indicate that he was himself in a shipwreck. What is the reference for him getting in a shipwreck?

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