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Cassius
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM Replied to the thread Episode 321 - The Epicurean Problems With Socrates - Not Yet Released.PostThis will deserve its own thread - Socrates' "Second Sailing" and its implications from the Epicurean perspective.
An Analogy That Should Life Forever In Infamy Along With His Ridiculous "Cave" - Socrates' "Second Sailing" -
Cassius
ThreadFebruary 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM Carl Sagan's "Backbone of the Night" episode has me wanting to pursue further the condemnation of Socrates and Plato for deprecating the study of natural philosophy. Here's some initial research into a term apparently that is a key part of that terrible… -
Cassius
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Post[…]
It appears that many Stoics are comfortable saying that they have no concerns about life and health. For my part I'd say that unless you have life and at least some degree of health, no happiness is possible.
This is an unbridgeable divide. The… -
Matteng
February 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostFound this Stoic text which claims that the dichotomy leads to undisturbable happiness.
The main point is that when you desire no things outside of your control ( like life, health … ) you encounter no „unhappiness“ or when you desire only Virtue… -
Kalosyni
February 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM Replied to the thread What kinds of goals do Epicureans set for themselves?.PostIt might be good think about goals for an Epicurean through the framework of lifestages. In modern psychology Erik Erikson and others have presented ideas of lifestages.
I am posting a table of lifestages categories - we could then see if we can compare… -
Eikadistes
February 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM Replied to the thread "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance".Post[…]
Philódēmos records Epíkouros of having written that "it is fitting for us to pray’". In On Piety, he affirms that their opponents observed the Epicureans to share "propitious offerings and sincere and sonorous prayers" to the gods. So, even then, the… -
Kalosyni
February 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM Replied to the thread "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance".PostHere is an interesting article from the Psychology Today website, and which would be related to the topic of "Epicurean choice and avoidance"...
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Read the full article here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-pra…resourcefulness -
Cassius
February 17, 2026 at 10:16 AM Posted the thread New Graphic: Epicurus vs. Other Major Philosophies.ThreadI have now expanded the old comparison chart we had on the forum through the use of Claude AI to include columns for the Socratics and the Aristotelians. For the new additions I haven't checked each of the sources that that are listed for each point on… -
Cassius
February 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM Replied to the thread A Full Comparison of Epicurus vs Aristotle.PostI am going to update the master comparison table (which at present is oriented toward comparing with Stoicism and repost it shortly. I will add Aristotle and also the Socratics. -
Kalosyni
February 17, 2026 at 8:07 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.Post -
Kalosyni
February 17, 2026 at 7:56 AM Posted the thread A Full Comparison of Epicurus vs Aristotle.ThreadI want to set up this thread as a place to do an overall comparison between Epicurus and Aristotle.
Cassius do we have a table of comparison somewhere already?
Here is an interesting historical snippet from Reddit answering the question "Did Epicurus… -
Cassius
February 17, 2026 at 4:05 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to SillyApe! Learn more about SillyApe and say happy birthday on SillyApe's timeline: SillyApe -
Joshua
February 17, 2026 at 2:21 AM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.Post -
Robert
February 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.Post[…]
Thank you, Joshua! How familiar do you think More might have been with Epicurus? His argument seems almost a direct response to the position expressed in PD34 and elsewhere. -
kochiekoch
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM Replied to the thread The dark Epicureanism in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.PostFrom what you write, Fitzgeralds Rubaiyat sounds more Cyrenaic than Epicurean or, I'll bet Sufi.
A more Victorian Skeptic view than what Omar Khayyam actually wrote? -
Cassius
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM Posted the thread New Decision Tree: Are You On Team Epicurus?.ThreadI've prepared a new page to make it easier for browsers of the page to identify to what extent they fit with Epicurean Philosophy. This is a first draft which will change, but it's already in usable form. This stems primarily from the recent material… -
DaveT
February 16, 2026 at 4:28 PM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.PostCassius Thank you. -
DaveT
February 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM Replied to the thread "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance".Post[…]
I can agree with your statement as a goal of praying. As I think about it, Christians probably pray mostly to ask divine intervention of some sort.
For example John 16:23–24 The New King James Version
"23 And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most… -
Kalosyni
February 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM Replied to the thread The dark Epicureanism in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.PostIt is important to see that there are a number of differences between Epicurean philosophy and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...and the Rubaiyat takes a dark and pessimistic tone.
Labeling Epicurean philosophy as pessimistic is incorrect (rebuttal to post… -
Godfrey
February 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM Replied to the thread "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance".PostMy understanding of prayer is pretty much limited to the idea of praying to someone/something that has power to intervene and grant something to someone. In this sense it is similar to talking. However, somewhere along the line I heard someone refer to… -
Kalosyni
February 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM Replied to the thread The dark Epicureanism in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.PostI just found a second book in the attic! (published in 1937 with illustrations by Edmund Dulac).
I asked Google the following question:
Did Edward Fitzgerald make mistakes when he translated the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam?
AI Overview:
Yes, Edward FitzGerald… -
Cassius
February 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.PostThe Youtube translation to English works fairly well, so I will update the first post in this thread with links to the individual presentations as I find them. If you've already watched the video and know where any of these are, please add to the thread… -
Kalosyni
February 16, 2026 at 8:19 AM Posted the thread "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance".ThreadIn yesterday's Zoom a topic came up (very briefly and not in any detail) that could be very rich and also in need of exploration...prayer.
I don't think we have any direct evidence of prayer by Epicurus, and since he was a materialist perhaps he did not… -
Cassius
February 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.Post[…]
So at least partially at the feet of the Socratic-Pythagorean axis and their deprecation of "natural science" we can lay the charge that they held back one of the greatest engineering minds of the ancient world from further practical discoveries.
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Joshua
February 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.Post[…]
From the same work of Plutarch linked above:
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Cassius
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM Replied to the thread Episode 321 - The Epicurean Problems With Socrates - Not Yet Released.PostIt's beginning to be clear that the Socratic position mentioned by Diogenes of Oinoanda as being opposed to the study of natural science constitute a major bright line division between them and Epicurus. Apparently that same distinction did not… -
Cassius
February 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.PostThose two Joshua along with the material on Archimedes we need to come back to next week on the podcast -
Cassius
February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM Replied to the thread Episode 321 - The Epicurean Problems With Socrates - Not Yet Released.PostHere are a number of references we're incorporating into the current discussion of Socrates:Reference to Lucian’s statements in “Alexander the Oracle Monger”
Lucian: Alexander, The Oracle-Monger- Picture to yourself a little chamber into which no very
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Joshua
February 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.Post -
Joshua
February 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159.Post[…] -
Raphael Raul
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM Replied to a comment by Eikadistes on the image The Teachings of the Wise.Reply (Image/Video)Excellent, Ekadistes!
"Wanderer above a Sea of Fog" is near the top of my one hundred favorite paintings. A painting of the German Romantic movement,1818, expressing our relation to nature, and our awe of its power and vastness, which the Romantic… -
Eikadistes
February 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.PostI reached out to them in Greek (thanks, Google) regarding the CC/subtitles and they explained to me that CC appears after their feed has finished so the program has time to parse the speech.
It should be good, now. -
Eikadistes
February 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM Commented on the image The Teachings of the Wise.Comment (Image/Video)I'm going to guess "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich? -
Cassius
ThreadFebruary 14, 2026 at 7:34 PM This week we pick up at line 159 - the beginning of the argument in support of "nothing comes from nothing"
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Raphael Raul
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM Uploaded the image The Teachings of the Wise.Image/Video
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Patrikios
February 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.Post[…]
I'm watching the video and seeing English captions. In the YouTube Settings I selected Closed Captioning with Auto-Translate to English.
Maybe some of the presentation papers will get translated into English, such as Christos Yapijakis has done for… -
Kalosyni
February 14, 2026 at 5:37 PM Posted the thread Happy Valentine's Day 2026.Thread
One important thing that makes for both good (enjoyable) friendships and good (enjoyable) romantic relationships...emotional validation:
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You can read the full article here:
https://blog.smilingmind.com.au/the-art-of-emotional-validation
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Eikadistes
February 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.PostUnfortunately, YouTube does not support CC/subtitles for this presentation.
They're just getting started. -
Cassius
PostFebruary 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM Episode 320 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "Is The Good of A Sheep The Same As The Good of A Man?"
[media]https://www.spreaker.com/episode/70052681/media -
Eikadistes
February 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.PostThe direct YouTube link is here. It'll begin in 20 hours or so. -
Eikadistes
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.Post[…]
I just heard back! Here's what they have to share:
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Kalosyni
February 13, 2026 at 8:13 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.Post -
Cassius
February 13, 2026 at 4:05 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to mlinssen! Learn more about mlinssen and say happy birthday on mlinssen's timeline: mlinssen -
Cassius
PostFebruary 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM In this episode one of the issues discussed was Cicero ridiculing Epicurus for taking a position that Cicero characterizes as saying that the good of a sheep and the good of a man are the same. That line of argument appears in a number of places that we… -
Cassius
February 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.Post -
Patrikios
February 12, 2026 at 10:38 AM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.Post[…]
Cassius
I was not able to open the link provided.
I did open this root URL
https://epicuros.gr/Symposio/
If we can get access to pdf docs of the presentations (in Greek I expect), the Google translation gives us some ideas of the message's. -
Eikadistes
February 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM Replied to the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.PostI tried making a connection with them, hoping for a live stream. No one's gotten back yet. I tried reaching Christos at ideoszen@gmail.com (I'm curious if anyone has a different e-mail for them).
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Cassius
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM Posted the thread 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026.ThreadADMIN NOTE: I will updat this first post with a link to where the final video appears on Youtube. Also, I would like to see us work toward adding timestamps to the major presentations iisted in the agenda so we can click directly to any speech in which… -
kochiekoch
February 11, 2026 at 4:50 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostThanks to one and all! Alexa says thanks too! Even if it's not her birthday! 
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Godfrey
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy birthday!
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