Very interesting, thanks Kalosyni !

I plan to purchase the soft cover soon!

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Right on! I had no idea.

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"Her"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Stallings?wprov=sfla1

Also, Bryan or Don , if you have guys have any interest, would you take a swing at translating P.Herc. 1520 ("On Philosophy") by Polystratos? My translation right now sucks.

There's a lot of P.Herc. that needs English translations.

I've connected…

And greetings, all!

I've added a few other fun sections:

Thanks to Marcus with SoFE, I organized The Life of Philōnídēs, by Philódēmos, here.

I mention in another post I'm trying to reconstruct key dates for Philódēmos here.

You may also find my annotations…

Restructuring of forum:

The subform category previously labeled "Epicurean Lifestyle and Practical Applications" -- has now been absorbed into "Ethics - How to Live as an Epicurean". All of the sub-folders are still there and can be found toward the…

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You're welcome!

I hope it's accurate.

I made that connection while making my map of Anatolian regions, combined with some simultaneous research on the conditions of ancient Greek slavery. Once I realized Lampsakos was in Mysia, it jumped out at me…

In my opinion ... I have a soft-spot for Humphries' style, though I don't think it's the most educational. It speaks to me personally, and provides me with a poetry that I find entrancing.

M. F. Smith is definitely going to be your best, contemporary…

Thanks Eikadistes. I want to revamp our way of accessing and discussing the Doctrines and Sayings and I will work to incorporate those crossreferences in whatever I come up with.

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I think this is correct Eikadistes. What I think we can see in the discussion in Tusculan Disputations is that the Stoics were asserting that the good/wise/happy man is going to have no part of evil, and therefore we cannot ever label pain as evil. …

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Break the cycle of rebirths!

No, just kidding. You'll do well here to share jokes, make friends, and have fun learning.

Evidence is very fragmentary. I came across the figure as well in a few places:

“APOLLODORUS [of Lampsacus] [1] (fourth century BC)
Apollodorus was an Epicurean and a brother of Leontius of Lampsacus.” (Curnow, The Philosophers of the Ancient Worlds: An…

Check out Theory and Practice in Epicurean Political Philosophy: Security, Justice and Tranquility by Javier Aoiz, Marcelo D. Boeri (2023).

This is a great find. Thank you!

Good deal! I've shared the Principle Doctrines by Makridis [1] here and the Key Doctrines by A. A. Long and Sedley [2] here. The Fundamental Articles by Wallace are [3] here, and then the Authorized Doctrines by De Witt are [4] here. Of course, I've got…

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Here's how I read it:

"But even if the wise were tortured on a rack, they would be happy,⁴ and only the wise will have gratitude for friends both present and absent alike through both word and through deed.⁵ However, when tortured on the rack, at some…

Hi Everyone, coming up this next Monday is our First Monday Epicurean Meet-and-greet & Discussion Via Zoom. The topic of discussion this month: "Emotions in Epicurean Philosophy".

Agenda:

• Welcome and meet-and-greet: round the table greetings and

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This guy makes very interesting historical videos about the late Roman Empire, in this case life for late Pagans. (Who he said, interestingly enough, called themselves "Hellenes").

He's worth a look.

How Was Life For Pagans In The Late Roman Empire?

It happened few centuries after classical antiquity but Massacre of Verden in 782 somehow always stuck with me as a great example of Christianity spreading its love to pagans. Few people lost their heads over king Charlemagne's pious decree. Funnily, he…

For those who want to comment on this article, I recommend do so in the Discussion Forum thread below, where the comments will be more easily searchable in the future:

Principal Doctrine XIV - Analysis And Application - Article By George Kaplanis Posted…

This discussion thread will serve as a crossreference to the new blog article posted by Elli.

https://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/blog/entry/62/

The blog feature of the forum has a place at the bottom of the article to allow for quick comments, but if…

Thank you for posting this Elli!

PRINCIPAL DOCTRINE XIV – ANALYSIS & CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION

This work was authored by George Kaplanis, a retired notary and founding member of the Group for the Analysis and Experiential Application of Epicurean Philosophy Today (http://www.epicuros21.gr…

Yes I will make sure there are several different ways to find all the threads tagged with a particular doctrine number.

After the restructuring, if each discussion thread is linked on the top of its respective Wiki page then that could be a way to access the discussion.

Otherwise I foresee that it will end up being difficult to locate any specific PD or VS, because they…

I stumbled on this by chance, and not sure how safe/reliable this whole thing is but for anyone interested in work-exchange vacations, and looks like you could learn skills:

Here is a list for Europe:

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In the near future, we will eliminate the subforums currently located within the " Principal Doctrines " and " Vatican Sayings " forums. Most of these forums only have one or two threads on each item, and we will rename each thread to start with, for…

Crossreference:

As it will be relevant to this podcast series on Part 3 of Tusculan Disputations, please post any links to articles or publicly-available material relevant to Philodemus' "On Anger" in this thread below:

Philodemus' "On Anger" - General -…

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Much appreciated Cassius !

Definitely the book and our podcast interview with Marcello Boeri!

Episode 197 -LucretiusToday Interviews Dr. Marcelo Boeri

Welcome!

Just finished reading the article by Jeffrey Fish and was curious if anyone had reading suggestions concerning Epicureanism and politics?

Crossreference:

Special Emphasis On "Emotions" In Lucretius Today Podcast / Tusculan Disputations - Should Everyone Aspire To Emulate Mr. Spock?

Beginning with Episode 288 of the Lucretius Today Podcast recorded today, for the next six weeks or longer we are going to be dealing with important issues as to emotions: Should emotions be considered to be "diseases," as Cicero explains is implied in…

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Welcome aboard!

Thanks and hello to everybody. I'm glad to be here with you all in this garden and I hope that this forum will give some good advice to improve myself.

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Found it; thanks! That's so interesting that the spread of his philosophy relied on art, which is really ironic, since Epicurus's thoughts on aesthetics aren't a dominant part of his philosophy. Or at least they weren't preserved.

I'll reciprocate with a…

Here's our prior discussion on the Frischer book:

Bernard Frischer's "The Sculpted Word"

Others may have better suggestions than I do. I don't recall that we have a podcast on that, but there is book devoted to something close to that -- "The Sculpted Word" by Bernard Frischer, which discusses Epicurean use of art in portraying Epicurus.

Thanks, sounds like a great place to start! Any chance of a recommendation on Epicurean Philosophy of Aesthetics?

Thanks for your response. I will talk with the other moderators about inviting you to something soon. In the meantime, I can recommend that you look into the LucretiusToday podcast here at the forum and on all podcast sources. We regularly have three to…

Regarding my background and exposure, I'm interested in the history of the philosophy of beauty and am doing research into Hellenistic philosophies on beauty. My introduction to Epicurus was through Tatarkiewicz's section on him in History of Aesthetics.…

It seems our Apollodorus "the Epicurean" and the more famous Apollodorus "of Athens" are now considered two different people, but I need help figuring out why.



They have the same dates:
Apollodorus "of Athens" first came to Athens in 146 BC (in his early…

Thank you, moving Apollodorus just one down -- under Dionysus of Lamptrai -- should work for now.

Also Leontion, an original member, should be closer to the top of the list, around Polyaenus, and just after her should be Colotes.