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Martin
Reaction (Post)July 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM Thank you for the warm welcome Cassius and Kalosyni!
I came across this forum while searching for Epicurean material on YouTube and was pleased to find such a focused and active community. Many thanks to Cassius for compiling and sharing such a rich body… -
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Reaction (Post)July 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM […]
From my Menoikeus paper:
A short digression is now in order to examine that phrase ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος "the foundation and fulfillment, the beginning and end." Often, this is simply translated as "the beginning and the end" as if there's a… -
Don
July 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM Replied to the thread Episode 290 - TD20 - To Be Recorded.Post[…]
From my Menoikeus paper:
A short digression is now in order to examine that phrase ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος "the foundation and fulfillment, the beginning and end." Often, this is simply translated as "the beginning and the end" as if there's a… -
Cassius
July 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM Replied to the thread Preuss - "Epicurean Ethics - Katastematic Hedonism".PostA pleasure to engage with you in this....
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Now that is essentially the position taken by Nikolsky in concluding that Epicurus did NOT put a great deal of emphasis on the kinetic / katastematic position. Do you agree with that ?
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Cassius
Reaction (Post)July 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM […]
This may be pedantic, but to be precise in current meaning and clarity:
..."the start and the goal" ...and not: "the start and the cessation".
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Cassius
Reaction (Post)July 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM Thank you so much, Adrastus, for the warm welcome! I’m really glad to be here and look forward to engaging with everyone on the forum.
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July 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM Replied to the thread Welcome DistantLaughter!.PostThank you so much, Adrastus, for the warm welcome! I’m really glad to be here and look forward to engaging with everyone on the forum.
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Cassius
July 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM Replied to the thread Preuss - "Epicurean Ethics - Katastematic Hedonism".PostI started to include this clip earlier but will do so now. I agree with Preuss that Epicurus' position that the wise man is happy even under torture is extremely important. But i do not agree with him that the reason that the wise man remains happy under… -
Cassius
July 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM Replied to the thread Preuss - "Epicurean Ethics - Katastematic Hedonism".PostThis excerpt from the conclusion probably goes to the heart of where Pruess ends up. It's interesting that one could almost take his "in the experience of katestematic pleasure life itself, the existence of the self, is seen to be good" and end up not… -
Cassius
July 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM Replied to the thread Preuss - "Epicurean Ethics - Katastematic Hedonism".PostI find at least one more excerpt on which to comment: Preuss is construing the well known fragment of Plutarch as to the escape from a near-death experience, which he admits is translatable as "joy," as a reference to katastematic pleasure:
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