Thanks everyone. My own research showed Clinamen Vitae to be a fairly modern term, but I asked in case I missed anything. I came across the Latin term myself when I coined the term 'life swerve' as an analogy of the swerve of the atom, in which we can make our own swerves, so to speak—that's what seduced me so much about the clinamen, not just the metaphysics of it, but how we can change our lives too with an indeterminate swerve. Then I looked up what the Latin translation would be and did a search. I came across the piece by Elli here, which is why I joined.
Posts by Autoataraxic
ALL CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF FORUM EDITORIAL POLICY: "Against Katastematic Supremacy - Pleasure Is A Unified Good, Not A House Divided Against Itself."
New Graphics: Are You On Team Epicurus? | Comparison Chart: Epicurus vs. Other Philosophies | Chart Of Key Epicurean Quotations | Accelerating Study Of Canonics Through Philodemus' "On Methods Of Inference" | Note to all users: If you have a problem posting in any forum, please message Cassius
-
-
Thanks Cassius for the posting the intro above. I have a question that I hope somebody can answer. In the history of Epicurean commentary, who has used the term 'clinamen vitae' and in which texts? Many thanks in advance for any answers. #Atomism #Life
Finding Things At EpicureanFriends.com
Here is a list of suggested search strategies:
- Website Overview page - clickable links arrranged by cards.
- Forum Main Page - list of forums and subforums arranged by topic. Threads are posted according to relevant topics. The "Uncategorized subforum" contains threads which do not fall into any existing topic (also contains older "unfiled" threads which will soon be moved).
- Search Tool - icon is located on the top right of every page. Note that the search box asks you what section of the forum you'd like to search. If you don't know, select "Everywhere."
- Search By Key Tags - curated to show frequently-searched topics.
- Full Tag List - an alphabetical list of all tags.