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Charles Edwins
Replied to the thread Wilson (Catherine) - "How To Be An Epicurean".PostMy copy just arrived, I'll be reading it when I get home. -
Charles Edwins
Liked Cassius’s post in the thread Carnivore Diet.Like (Post)It applies to EVERY area!
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Nate
Liked Cassius’s post in the thread Welcome PeterFulmer!.Like (Post)Welcome peterfulmer ! When you get a chance, please tell us about yourself and your background in Epicurean philosophy.
It would be particularly helpful if you could tell us (1) how you found this forum, and (2) how much background reading you… -
Elayne
Liked Cassius’s post in the thread Welcome PeterFulmer!.Like (Post)Welcome peterfulmer ! When you get a chance, please tell us about yourself and your background in Epicurean philosophy.
It would be particularly helpful if you could tell us (1) how you found this forum, and (2) how much background reading you… -
Elayne
Liked Cassius’s post in the thread Carnivore Diet.Like (Post)It applies to EVERY area!
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Elayne
Liked azbcethananderson’s post in the thread Carnivore Diet.Like (Post)thank you elayne, its great to see epicurean wisdom applied to other areas -
Cassius
Posted the thread Welcome PeterFulmer!.ThreadWelcome peterfulmer ! When you get a chance, please tell us about yourself and your background in Epicurean philosophy.
It would be particularly helpful if you could tell us (1) how you found this forum, and (2) how much background reading you… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Carnivore Diet.PostIt applies to EVERY area!
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Cassius
Liked azbcethananderson’s post in the thread Carnivore Diet.Like (Post)thank you elayne, its great to see epicurean wisdom applied to other areas -
azbcethananderson
Replied to the thread Carnivore Diet.Postthank you elayne, its great to see epicurean wisdom applied to other areas -
elli
Liked JJElbert’s post in the thread Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits.Like (Post)This thread turned out to be quite a lot of fun!
Two years ago I was working 12+ hours a day in two different restaurants. Now I spend 8-10 hours a day on the road, listen to books or podcasts, pay nothing in rent, and live well within my means (for… -
elli
Liked Godfrey’s post in the thread Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits.Like (Post)Wow! That sounds great Elayne! My interior design is pretty much the opposite: walls and rafters painted white, and a couple of new skylights to add lots of light. Over time I anticipate it getting populated with a variety of as yet undetermined… -
elli
Liked Elayne’s post in the thread Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits.Like (Post)Godfrey, in my garage I currently have my coffee roaster corner, the very tall stand for my yoga trapeze (with a gym mat under it), and weights... I may have room, actually, for ping pong, come to think of it! Lol! My family had a ping pong table when I… -
elli
Liked Godfrey’s post in the thread Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits.Like (Post)A good cup of loose leaf tea in the morning, with a square of delicious dark chocolate.
Sitting outside in the morning, either with said tea and chocolate or with some water, reading and noticing any birds, butterflies, squirrels, clouds, sun, breeze...… -
elli
Liked Elayne’s post in the thread Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits.Like (Post)Here was the original post that started this discussion: I replaced it with the current topic header. I wrote it a few months ago, and since then I have found that being an omnivore but exercising more is working better for my pleasure and future health… -
elli
Liked Elayne’s post in the thread Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits.Like (Post)Garden Dweller, I like the final piece of practical planning! I advise strongly against the section on constantly monitoring your body for discomfort, though. This is guaranteed to result in discomfort, because of the way our brains work. When we tell… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Continuous Life Improvement.PostThis is getting to be very elaborate!
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Garden Dweller
Replied to the thread Continuous Life Improvement.PostI have applied the edits to sections 16 and 18. -
Godfrey
Liked Cassius’s post in the thread Continuous Life Improvement.Like (Post)That makes good sense to me.
Part of what we always dance around in coming up with formulas is the issue of whether the goal of avoiding pain is somehow entirely separate or more important than that of avoiding pleasure.
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Godfrey
Liked Garden Dweller’s post in the thread Continuous Life Improvement.Like (Post)Tell me if I am over-interpreting the Epicurean approach:
A student of Epicurus, when confronted with a pain causing problem, will use a strategic method to relieve the pain, including:
Analysis of the root causes of the problem, which may be complex…