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Martin
Reaction (Post)May 31, 2026 at 2:43 AM Hello all, this should be the final update until we get to Book Two.
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Cassius
Reaction (Post)May 31, 2026 at 2:25 AM Hello all, this should be the final update until we get to Book Two.
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wbernys
Reaction (Post)May 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM Hello all, this should be the final update until we get to Book Two.
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Godfrey
May 31, 2026 at 12:21 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Pacatus’s post in the thread Ongoing Discussion of Jack Gedney's "Untroubled" Substack Blog.[…]
Here is the passage from Ferguson-Smith:
“Then he realized that the cause of the flaw was the vessel itself, which by its own flaw corrupted within it all things, even good things, that entered it from without. He became convinced of this, partly… -
Bryan
May 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM Replied to the thread Bryan Harris Interlinear Translation Of Lucretius.PostHello all, this should be the final update until we get to Book Two.
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Cassius
Reaction (Post)May 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM FWIW (from my Menoikeus commentary)
μακάριον
This word is often translated as "blessed, fortunate, wealthy, 'well-off.'" There appears to be no certain etymology of the root [makar] or the longer form [makarios/on]. It appears to possibly have something to… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)May 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM […]
Agreed. Once the false beliefs of the gods, death, and similar ones, we can have a firm foundation free from unnecessary mental pain, fear, and anxiety. -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)May 30, 2026 at 7:18 PM […]
Thanks for asking...
No, but free from unnecessary mental suffering. -
Don
May 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM Replied to the thread Eudaimonia and Makariotēs in the Letter to Menoeceus.PostFWIW (from my Menoikeus commentary)
μακάριον
This word is often translated as "blessed, fortunate, wealthy, 'well-off.'" There appears to be no certain etymology of the root [makar] or the longer form [makarios/on]. It appears to possibly have something to… -
Don
May 30, 2026 at 6:53 PM Replied to the thread Eudaimonia and Makariotēs in the Letter to Menoeceus.Post[…]
Agreed. Once the false beliefs of the gods, death, and similar ones, we can have a firm foundation free from unnecessary mental pain, fear, and anxiety.
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