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Kalosyni
August 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM Posted the thread The Kharites (Charites) or Graces.Thread -
Kalosyni
August 7, 2026 at 11:19 AM Posted the thread The Kharites (Charites) or Graces.Thread -
Cassius
ThreadAugust 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM This thread is for discussion of the article linked below.
The issue of completeness and perfection was of great concern to the ancient Greeks, and we aren't going to understand what Epicurus had to say about pleasure as the supreme good unless we… -
Cassius
August 7, 2026 at 10:42 AM Wrote the blog article The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response.Blog ArticleThe Completeness Argument
One of the oldest objections to placing the highest good in anything other than virtue runs like this: the good must be complete — whole, finished, lacking nothing — and cannot be a process, a becoming, or anything that admits of… -
DaveT
August 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM Replied to the thread Complexity, Contradictions, and "Testing Out" Epicurean Philosophy.Post[…]
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Yes. And yes to both comments above. I can’t avoid using my decades of training and experience as an attorney when I read or study a topic. As an advocate, I needed to parse not only the words but the motivations, and first-hand knowledge of… -
Kalosyni
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)August 7, 2026 at 9:28 AM This is the second installment of the Co-founders of the Garden project. Unfortunately, it is also the last one since there's not enough transmitted material about Polyaenus of Lampsacus to create a similar compilation about him.
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Kalosyni
August 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM Replied to the thread Welcome EpicuriousDavid!.PostWelcome to the forum EpicuriousDavid
As far as an online course, we started preparing material but haven't finished it. (I will see what I can find with regard to some of what was being worked on and post soon).
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Kalosyni
August 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM Replied to the thread Complexity, Contradictions, and "Testing Out" Epicurean Philosophy.Post[…]
It's true that the idea of "a telos" is not something that your everyday person goes around thinking about.
Pleasure is often thought of as being "in process" and "changing". But as I see it, Epicurus taught that necessary desires are easy to fulfill,…
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