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Don Posted the thread Happy 20th & Father's Day.
In honor of The 20th falling on Father's Day, here's an Epicurean-flavored "dad joke"....
Why can't you trust an atom?
Because they make up everything.
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Cassius Posted the thread Happy Twentieth of June 2021!.
Happy Twentieth to everyone. For those who participate in our monthly Skype call, look forward to talking with you later today! -
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Don Reacted with
to Cassius’s post in the thread A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus. I am totally unfamiliar with that work, so thank you!
So this is originally French or something else translated into English?
And the text is prose, although from the looks of the page it's formatted to match the original -- it's not a poem or free verse?
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Cassius Replied to the thread A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus.
I am totally unfamiliar with that work, so thank you!
So this is originally French or something else translated into English?
And the text is prose, although from the looks of the page it's formatted to match the original -- it's not a poem or free verse?
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Cassius Reacted with
to Don’s post in the thread A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/e…:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Wasn't sure if there was a link to this text anywhere yet.
The divine Epicurus, or, The empire of pleasure over the vertues compos'd by A. LeGrand ; and rendred into English by Edward Cooke.Le Grand,… -
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Don Posted the thread A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/e…:1?rgn=div1;view=fulltext
Wasn't sure if there was a link to this text anywhere yet.
The divine Epicurus, or, The empire of pleasure over the vertues compos'd by A. LeGrand ; and rendred into English by Edward Cooke.Le Grand,… -
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to JJElbert’s post in the thread Epicurus and Epicurean communities in the Netherlands?. I believe that the man who took over epicurism.info is from the Netherlands. I had an email exchange with him a few months back, I'll check my records. -
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JJElbert Replied to the thread Epicurus and Epicurean communities in the Netherlands?.
I believe that the man who took over epicurism.info is from the Netherlands. I had an email exchange with him a few months back, I'll check my records. -
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JJElbert Reacted with
to Marco’s post in the thread Epicurus and Epicurean communities in the Netherlands?. I’m from Belgium. But my English is’nt that good… so get in contact. I’ve worked on translations of Philodemus, Greenblatt… in Dutch. Also fom other interesting people, like Johan Braeckman ( who I think is a hidden epicurist - watch his… -
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Nate Reacted with
to Marco’s post in the thread Epicurus and Epicurean communities in the Netherlands?. I’m from Belgium. But my English is’nt that good… so get in contact. I’ve worked on translations of Philodemus, Greenblatt… in Dutch. Also fom other interesting people, like Johan Braeckman ( who I think is a hidden epicurist - watch his… -
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Cassius Posted the thread Episode Seventy-Six (Pre-Production).
Welcome to Episode Seventy-Six of Lucretius Today.
I am your host Cassius, and together with my panelists from the EpicureanFriends.com forum, we'll walk you through the six books of Lucretius' poem, and discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you… -
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Marco Replied to the thread Epicurus and Epicurean communities in the Netherlands?.
I’m from Belgium. But my English is’nt that good… so get in contact. I’ve worked on translations of Philodemus, Greenblatt… in Dutch. Also fom other interesting people, like Johan Braeckman ( who I think is a hidden epicurist - watch his… -
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Cassius Replied to the thread Episode Seventy-Five - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible.
Episode 75 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. In this Episode 75 we will read approximately Latin line 821-924 of Book Five. We will talk about the initial forms of life on earth, and how we can judge what was possible, and what was not… -
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Cassius Replied to the thread Dicuil’s Liber de Astronomia and the Carolingian Reception of De Rerum Natura by Fabio Tutrone.
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Nate Replied to the thread Taking The Temperature Of A Six Year Old Forum.
I believe that was a bust of Diogenes Laertius.
Upon review, we can definitely update any text that is unclear. It's meant as a teaching tool, so it may be in need of some refinements. -
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Nate Reacted with
to Cassius’s post in the thread Taking The Temperature Of A Six Year Old Forum. I saw Nate dropped by and liked this thread. I need to ask him this - I really like that allegory of the oasis graphic and kept it on the front page, this time with a link that directs the reader here for explanation: Nate's "Allegory of the Oasis"…
