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Sure, thank you for explaining that things are unclear and I need to take a step or two back in terms of what underlying assumptions am I using about EP, me, people, "being human" as to why some schema that is seemingly dealing with self-knowledge has…

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Yes, we might eventually split off certain threads if the tools need more developement. (I confess that I am not exactly clear about your use of Johari windows).

I am seeing that there is a need for teaching of both the "theory" and "practical…

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What brings pleasure and what brings pain, can be different for different people. For example as Adrastus mentioned birthday cake above, and I often find that the idea is more pleasurable than the experience, and that is because many people think…

In Academic Questions XXVI, Cicero says that all the challenges against the possibility of knowledge fall into one of four categories about which the schools had split and been arguing for hundreds of years. Over time it would be good to develop some…

I did something similar to the m Epicurus' nicknames for others in Diogenes Laertius a couple years ago:

RE: Epicurus' Favorite Insults

I did something similar to the m Epicurus' nicknames for others in Diogenes Laertius a couple years ago:

RE: Epicurus' Favorite Insults

I wanted to share this incomplete rough draft of the mocking epithets applied to other schools. I'm looking for any critiques, large and small. Most of the pairings of epithet to the particular philosopher are clear, but not all, given the…

On my first readings of DeWitt's references to the sorites ("heap") argument, I did not know whether to think DeWit was being accurate or exaggerating as to its reputation, but I see that Cicero goes on an on in Academic questions about its "viciousness"…

In Academic Questions XXVI, Cicero says that all the challenges against the possibility of knowledge fall into one of four categories about which the schools had split and been arguing for hundreds of years. Over time it would be good to develop some…

I wanted to share this incomplete rough draft of the mocking epithets applied to other schools. I'm looking for any critiques, large and small. Most of the pairings of epithet to the particular philosopher are clear, but not all, given the…

I wanted to share this incomplete rough draft of the mocking epithets applied to other schools. I'm looking for any critiques, large and small. Most of the pairings of epithet to the particular philosopher are clear, but not all, given the…

Voula Tsouna, in her "Ethics of Phildemus," says:

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Our material this week will start with Cicero discussing anger, and apparently taking the position that the wise man will never be angry.

We'll need to contrast that with what Philodemus has to say as discussed in this thread:

RE: Philodemus' "On Anger" -…

I wanted to share this incomplete rough draft of the mocking epithets applied to other schools. I'm looking for any critiques, large and small. Most of the pairings of epithet to the particular philosopher are clear, but not all, given the…

Welcome to Episode 289 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world.

Each week we walk you through the…

I wanted to share this incomplete rough draft of the mocking epithets applied to other schools. I'm looking for any critiques, large and small. Most of the pairings of epithet to the particular philosopher are clear, but not all, given the…

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Yes, we might eventually split off certain threads if the tools need more developement. (I confess that I am not exactly clear about your use of Johari windows).

I am seeing that there is a need for teaching of both the "theory" and "practical…

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I guess everyone develops attitudes and then eventually habits in relation to things, and this spurs on some thoughts... going further with VS35 which Don quoted above...my own attitude for "free" things is "wow, it just happened by chance that I was…

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What brings pleasure and what brings pain, can be different for different people. For example as Adrastus mentioned birthday cake above, and I often find that the idea is more pleasurable than the experience, and that is because many people think…

For me, simplicity in terms of food, travel and things is more about savoring a pleasure, and not growing disgusted by or otherwise ruining a pleasure; and this is another way of saying that I am using the Canon. I take this approach because I live with…