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Godfrey
Reaction (Post)February 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM Interesting topic. Thanks for starting this Kalosyni !
I fully agree that the popular notion of the word prayer is "Oh God, I know you're busy but I need a favor." I'm intentionally being flippant, but this idea isn't new. Lucian gave us Icaromenippus,… -
Godfrey
February 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Don’s post in the thread An Analogy That Should Live Forever In Infamy Along With His Ridiculous "Cave" Analogy - Socrates' "Second Sailing".[…]
By Zeus, *THIS* is the basis of Western philosophy??
*THIS* is why society or culture or academia refer to the natural philosophers as *PRE-SOCRATIC* and largely dismiss them as irrelevant???
I admit I've never heard of the "second sailing" but, from my… -
Godfrey
Reaction (Post)February 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM That is exactly my reaction Don. And i am sorely embarrassed that this forum has been going for some fifteen years without my recognizing this adequately.
Mea maxima culpa!
For me, this places a lot of what I've been reading about Epicurus in a very new… -
Cassius
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Cassius
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Don
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February 22, 2026 at 12:24 PM Replied to the thread Sunday February 22, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 174.PostLooking for link -
Cassius
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