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Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostOK I finished it. The article tails off into an overly-long praise of frugality and simple living, even managing to finish with some praise of walking around naked and shoeless, but the lack of a rousing ending does not diminish what a generally… -
Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostBryan you are among the most well-read of us here. Are you familiar with this work? -
Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostJoshua is going to really enjoy all this detailed analysis of the story of Marcus Regulus around page 47. -
Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostGassendi even explains and defends Torquatus for defending his ancestor's execution of his son for violating the rules of battle --- this article is amazingly comprehensive. -
Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostI doubt we've mentioned Maximus of Tyre at all here on this forum, or if we have we certainly haven't mentioned him much, and yet he bursts out of this article as having some of the best takes since Epicurus himself! -
Patrikios
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM Replied to the thread Diving Deep Into The History of The Tetrapharmakon / Tetrapharmakos.Post[…]
Thanks, Don I appreciate your reference to Epicurus as the physician of the mind & soul. This is a good reason to separate Epicurus from other philosophers who provided advice on how to act. Epicurus, the ‘savior of humanity’ teaches us to feel,… -
Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostI am still reading it fast and furiously but this document clearly merits Gassendi's reputation as a defender and transmitter of Epicurus. But I have lots of questions including:- When was it written?
- To whom was it published?
- When was it first translated
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Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostOMG -- On page 21 it seems that Gassendi is denying that Epicurus made the statement that Epicurus would not know the good but for the pleasures of taste, etc. And this PDF glosses over the entire argument with an aside which does not include the key… -
Cassius
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM Replied to the thread Gassendi On Happiness.PostThanks Patrikios!
Further, I am not clear whether this document is a translation, a paraphrase, or some combination of the two.
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