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Godfrey
Replied to the thread Feedback From A User.PostNote: this may serve as an example of what can happen when fragments of the ancient scrolls are cited and the context isn't clear. What may be intended as humor instead becomes a redefinition or repudiation. -
Godfrey
Replied to the thread Feedback From A User.Post(Quote)
I've not read the entire dialogue, so I'm speaking out of context. With that in mind, this quote does sound very Platonic, also maybe utilitarian. The response that comes to mind is to read PDs 5, 8, 10, 17, 20, 22, 25, 26, 29 and 30 regarding… -
Godfrey
Replied to the thread Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020.PostGoogle Podcasts is a free Android app that is downloaded from the Google Play Store. It used to be part of Google Play Music, but some time ago it was split off on its own. That's what I use to listen to podcasts on my phone and I've been happy with it.… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Feedback From A User.Post(Quote from Lee)
Further, I would probably agree with Barwis that the answer to this question is "No" if we are talking "pain = evil" and "pleasure = good." Just as Barwis said, "that must depend upon the signification we give to the word good" and… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Feedback From A User.PostExcellent question Lee. No, certainly not fully consistent, but I think if you re-read from the beginning of the dialog, and especially if you were to read the "Three Dialogues on Liberty" that are similar in form, you would conclude as I do that… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020.PostThanks Godfrey, I have not heard of that. Is that a phone OS program? I think the key is getting the podcast listed in the main central providers, and that is what I need to investigate next.
In the meantime I am pleased to say that we have Episode 2… -
Lee
Replied to the thread Feedback From A User.PostCassius,
I read chapter 15 of A Few Days in Athens and it his whet my appetite for the rest of the work. It is impressive that Frances Wright composed such an insightful book at the age of 18!
I also enjoyed listening to the Jackson Barwis Dialogues… -
Godfrey
Replied to the thread Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020.PostMy preferred podcast app is Google Podcasts for what it's worth.... -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.PostYes I am thinking there is a root concept of will/wish/desire that probably is at the core, which is why "desire" and "pleasure" seem so interchangeable even today in many contexts -
Lee
Replied to the thread Welcome JLR / Lee!.PostStill signed in...but now as Lee. Thanks Cassius! -
JJElbert
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.PostYou know, after I posted that this morning Cassius I got to think about the similarity between voluptas and voluntas ("wish" or "desire"). -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Attitudes: Stoic Gloom vs. Epicurean Sunshine.PostAmen! Anesthesia is not "therapy" at all. It is dumbing and numbing yourself down to destruction.
And all for what? For "VIRTUE"! -
Mike Anyayahan
Replied to the thread Attitudes: Stoic Gloom vs. Epicurean Sunshine.Post(Quote from Cassius)
The problem with their notion of therapy is that they want people to become numb with the reality. It's a total suppression of sensation. -
Cassius
Posted the thread Episode Three - The Lucretius Today Podcast.ThreadEDIT FROM CASSIUS: Because we did not get to this paragraph during Episode Two, I am pasting the text to be discussed in Episode three here, to be followed by the comments relevant to this paragraph that have already been posted. Charles' post follows… -
Martin
Replied to the thread Welcome A_Gardner!.PostWelcome A_Gardener! -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.Posti think it would be interesting to dive into the latin etymology of "voluptas." The core seems to be related to "desire" of some kind, does it not, rather that strictly "pleasure"? I need a better online reference for the Latin because most of the… -
JJElbert
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.PostThat's an excellent note on "voluptuousness". The Latin for pleasure used by Lucretius is "voluptas". -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Welcome JLR / Lee!.PostJLR I just saw your comments about changing your user name - i have changed it for you to Lee. i hope this does not cause you any issues in signing in. if it does please email me - Cassius@epicureanfriends.com -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Attitudes: Stoic Gloom vs. Epicurean Sunshine.Posti am perfectly prepared to grant that words can be used in special ways and that we shouldn't rush to judgment. Epicurus clearly used special meanings for words like "gods" which have to be taken into account.
But the accumulated thrust of stoicism is… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.Post(Quote from Charles)
Wow there is a lot of good stuff already Charles. However i hope he did not go too far in the direction quoted here because "let's be all body, ignoring our souls" sounds to me to be further than Epicurus would have stated it. It… -
Cassius
Replied to the thread Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020.PostThank you Trey I had forgotten about that one! As soon as I get a couple of "Lucretius Today" podcasts put together i am going to revamp the delivery system and make sure that it is findable by podcast apps like you are talking about. Thanks for… -
Mike Anyayahan
Replied to the thread Attitudes: Stoic Gloom vs. Epicurean Sunshine.Post(Quote from Charles)
That's also what I told them, but they replied to me that they do not claim to be indifferent. They said that it is the surrounding that is indifferent, and they only have control of their mind whether to affirm an indifferent object… -
Charles
Replied to the thread Attitudes: Stoic Gloom vs. Epicurean Sunshine.PostMike Anyayahan
The indifference of Stoicism has a hard time keeping up with the Swerve of Epicurean Philosophy
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Charles
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.PostOh, and something to bear in mind when reading about Mettrie, he used the words "pleasure" and "voluptuousness" in the exact same regards, sometimes using both in the same sentence. Kirk Watson also denotes that "voluptuousness" can be translated as… -
Charles
Replied to the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie - Unorganized Thread for findings and quotations.PostHere's the opening statement to Anti-Seneca, its quite wordy but already so pleasing and promising.
"The Philosophers have come to no more agreement about happiness than about anything else. Some of them see it in the dirtiest and most brazen deeds;… -
Mike Anyayahan
Replied to the thread Attitudes: Stoic Gloom vs. Epicurean Sunshine.Post(Quote from Cassius)
When I used to be active in one FB Stoicism group, I noticed that even stoics there are divided in this issue. Some are gloomy. Others are joyful amidst pain especially for those who incorporate stoicism into cognitive behavioral… -
Charles
Replied to the thread Episode Three - The Lucretius Today Podcast.PostI came across "Ίφιάνασσα" or "Iphianassa" in "Ancient Greek", which means "strong queen".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…sa_(daughter_of_Agamemnon)
Maybe this sheds some light on it? -
JJElbert
Replied to the thread Episode Three - The Lucretius Today Podcast.PostUpdate:
The use of Iphianassa for Iphigenia was not related to meter, as the two names rendered in Latin are metrically equivalent. The mystery remains! -
treyh32
Replied to the thread Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020.PostI found your soundcloud podcast and thought that your introduction was incredibly well done, you really need to have this on the apple podcast app as I feel like it is lacking the attention that it truly deserves on soundcloud because it is not a common… -
Lee
Replied to the thread Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020.PostNice work Cassius! I just finished episode 1 and look forward to listening to episode 2.
I understand the need to keep some order over the discussion- especially when recording for broadcast. Just keep me in mind in more participants are required.…
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Hi Cassius. I'm sorry to badger you about this again, but I'm still trying to get my head around the pleasure principle. From my reading, all scholars agree that Epicurus divides pleasure into kinetic and katastematic. Am I right in thinking mainline scholars think Epicurus prized the latter over the former, and that DeWitt didn't? I ask because although mainline scholars I've read equate pleasure with tranquility / absence of pain, they nonetheless encourage the pursuit of positive