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Cassius
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to Carlos! Learn more about Carlos and say happy birthday on Carlos's timeline: Carlos -
Patrikios
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Patrikios
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM Replied to the thread Welcome MarkJW.Post[…]
Welcome, MarkJW
You will likely find that statement to be a beautiful understatement!
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Kalosyni
ThreadOctober 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM I am currently thinking about how every person both understands (comprehends) and implements, Epicurean philosophy uniquely. Some people put most of their focus onto the ethics, and others really prefer contemplating "the nature of things".
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Cassius
October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM Posted the thread Side By Side Torquatus Defense of Epicurus.ThreadTo accompany the new Torquatus audio version I have now completed a side-by-side Latin and English version of the main Torquatus narrative. This version contains the Latin alongside the Yonge, Reid, and Rackham versions, followed by the modified Rackham… -
Cassius
October 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM Replied to the thread Welcome MarkJW.PostGlad to have you MarkJW! -
Kalosyni
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM Replied to the thread Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable.PostI've been pondering in my mind what would be the most succinct way to state the Epicurean canon, and I see this thread with the title: "Making Epicurean Canonics Understandable" which seems like a good place to post (but I have not read the posts here… -
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Kalosyni
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Elli
Blog ArticleOctober 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM Clinamen Vitae — The swerve toward lived experience, where life is worthy of being lived
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Cassius
October 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM Replied to the thread Torquatus - In Defense of Epicurus - New Home Page Video.PostThanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately individual voice contributions will not help much, for a couple of reasons:- The material that I am trying to make use of now is generally an hour or more long. including such things as the Velleius section of
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Don
October 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM Replied to the thread Torquatus - In Defense of Epicurus - New Home Page Video.Post[…]
Do you want some of us to provide human voices instead of AI? How many minutes is the segment to read? -
Cassius
October 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM Replied to the thread Torquatus - In Defense of Epicurus - New Home Page Video.PostThe latest revision is up. The text of this version will be on github in just a few minutes. While the voice still needs much improvement, I think most of the major audio bugs have been swatted. I just discovered one at 30:47 - please report others… -
Cassius
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Don
October 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM Replied to the thread Welcome MarkJW.PostWelcome aboard, MarkJW
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I, too, am a big fan of Dr. Austin's book. That book is my personal recommendation for the best, most accessible introduction to the philosophy currently available. She's a great person, too. If you liked the book, don't miss… -
Martin
October 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM Replied to the thread Welcome MarkJW.PostWelcome MarkJW! -
Cassius
ThreadOctober 26, 2025 at 8:56 AM A poster at the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group wrote as follows:
I understand that Epicurus was ahead of his time with his physics, and I understand how it connects. But I'll tell you right now I skimmed it once I got the understanding that he… -
Cassius
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MarkJW
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM Replied to the thread Welcome MarkJW.PostHello! I live in Britain, and I was drawn to Epicureanism by deep consideration about what it means to live a good life, which contributes deeply to the happiness of others and myself, and in a way that accepts the world for what it is - not an imagined… -
Cassius
October 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM Replied to the thread Torquatus - In Defense of Epicurus - New Home Page Video.PostFor anyone who might be thinking of reviewing the video and making note of issues to report, I will have a revised copy up by about 3pm at latest which will correct the issues current l known to me. Especially after that I will appreciate all issue… -
Cassius
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM Posted the thread Episode 305 - Not yet released.ThreadWelcome to Episode 305 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the… -
Eikadistes
October 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM Replied to the thread Should Epicureans Celebrate Something Else Instead of Celebrating Halloween?.PostI think I found a solution.
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Cassius
October 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM Replied to the thread Torquatus - In Defense of Epicurus - New Home Page Video.PostI am aware of several audio glitches and at least one error in the text that I am in the process of correcting. I will maintain updated copies of the text here:
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Cassius
October 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM Posted the thread Torquatus - In Defense of Epicurus - New Home Page Video.ThreadToday we're introducing a new home page attraction - a new media presentation of Torquatus's Defense of Epicurus in On Ends. There's lots to say about the current state of this and where this will go, but let's start with this:- This audio voice is far
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Don
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM Replied to the thread Welcome LukeTN9.Post[…]
Very jealous but happy for you!
If you're interested:
Where was the Garden of Epicurus? The Evidence from the Ancient Sources and Archaeology I looked at that not that long ago and still stand by what I wrote there. -
Cassius
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Cassius
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM Replied to the thread Welcome LukeTN9.PostLuke tells me:
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Eikadistes
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Cassius
October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM Replied to the thread Episode 304 - TD32 - Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions.PostEpisode 304 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions"
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Kalosyni
October 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.Post
Happy Birthday Joshua ! Wishing you everything cozy and nice for your birthday!
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Don
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.Post[…]
Δίδωσι δ᾽ ἣ γενέθλιον δόσιν τῷ Ῐ̓ησοῖ και Καλοσύνῇ
Offering birthday gifts to Joshua and Kalosyni
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Rolf
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Cassius
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Cassius
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Eikadistes
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.Post[…]
Just for the record, since I've been parsing through the Greek, he writes ἐξεῖναι (exeínai), the present, active infinitive of ἔξεστι meaning "to be possible" or also "to be allowed", so, that's a fair translation. I think he's just saying that… -
DaveT
October 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.Post[…]
"Possible" does not remotely approach probable, or likely, or certainly. To me, that word is similar to saying, "I don't know, maybe, maybe not, and it doesn't matter to me one way or the other."
This general topic of who, or what gods may exist and… -
Cassius
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Cassius
October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM Replied to the thread Spitting Upon the Beautiful....PostBig choices are never easy and success is not guaranteed, but this is an example of why I am so careful about how to apply the rules about "satisfaction.". There's much more to be done to articulate how and when it is appropriate to be satisfied without… -
Eikadistes
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.Post[…]
They sure are!
Philódēmos employs the word καθανατοις (kathanatois) in lines 69-70 of On Piety.
In line 1139, he refers to ἀθάνασιαν (athanasian) or "immortality".
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On Piety gives us at least three alternatives to ἄφθαρτον (aphtharton).
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Adrastus
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM Replied to the thread Spitting Upon the Beautiful....PostThank you Cassius... I suppose at face value this is indeed a failure, but I see it as a rare species of victory. Long ago struck covenants made in the darkness of poor reason, blindness and rejection of the self and other states of poor reasoning are… -
Don
October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.PostI was under the impression that the gods were "incorruptible" and not "immortal." Are the gods athanatos in some texts? Here's my commentary to Menoikeus:
ἄφθαρτον
LSJ gives the definition of "incorruptible, eternal, immortal, uncorrupted, undecaying" and… -
Cassius
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM Replied to the thread Spitting Upon the Beautiful....PostThe only thing worse than failing is not trying. Best wishes as you move forward. -
Eikadistes
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.PostOne problem I also seen with the notion that the gods exist, by themselves, independent of the human mind, is that they are "eternal", whereas humans had a release date. If the human-shaped gods are "eternal" as things that exist independent of the human… -
Adrastus
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM Posted the thread Spitting Upon the Beautiful....ThreadYet another turn in the road of life and I find Epicurus and the Sages have already been here and offer a salve.
"I spit upon the beautiful and those who vainly admire it, when it does not produce any pleasure"
As I navigate a very amicable separation and… -
Eikadistes
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.PostHere's how I read Herodotos — all images are "real", because all images are made of particles, and all particles have a source in nature. I read this to mean that we cannot imagine an image that has not been impressed upon or apprehended by us. We… -
TauPhi
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM Replied to the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.Post[…]
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Dreams are real in the sense that they happen to us but what we dream about does not automatically become true in Epicurean system. 'I imagined it therefore it is' is not compatible because it's a simplification that can easily produce errors. For… -
Eikadistes
October 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM Replied to the thread Should Epicureans Celebrate Something Else Instead of Celebrating Halloween?.Post[…]
I see where you're coming from, but consider the Memento Mori visualized by Epicureans — images of death (like the skeleton mosaics) are historically on-brand when it comes to Epicurean mortality.
Celebrating mortality, in that regard, is also a… -
Kalosyni
October 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM Replied to the thread Should Epicureans Celebrate Something Else Instead of Celebrating Halloween?.Post[…]
I had no idea that this was happening, and this is definitely an indicator of the current cultural "zietgeist" (lol...zietgeist).
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It seems pretty unnatural to "glorify" decay and ugliness (ugly witches, goblins, monsters, and bloodied faces/bodies)…
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