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Matteng
Reaction (Post)August 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM You are asking great questions Matteng and each of them require detailed response. This is quick start:
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No, nothing requires you to get the most pleasure you can out of life. Nature allows you free will and you can sit in a cave and eat bread and water… -
Martin
Reaction (Post)August 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM You are asking great questions Matteng and each of them require detailed response. This is quick start:
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No, nothing requires you to get the most pleasure you can out of life. Nature allows you free will and you can sit in a cave and eat bread and water… -
Lowri834
Reaction (Post)August 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM You are asking great questions Matteng and each of them require detailed response. This is quick start:
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No, nothing requires you to get the most pleasure you can out of life. Nature allows you free will and you can sit in a cave and eat bread and water… -
Cassius
August 14, 2026 at 8:50 AM Replied to the thread Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy.PostLucretius Today Podcast Episode 346 is now available: "Epicurean Defense of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy" -
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Cassius
August 14, 2026 at 8:44 AM Replied to the thread The Completeness (or Fullness) of Pleasure.PostYou are asking great questions Matteng and each of them require detailed response. This is quick start:
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No, nothing requires you to get the most pleasure you can out of life. Nature allows you free will and you can sit in a cave and eat bread and water… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)August 14, 2026 at 8:25 AM […]
What if we reframed Maslow’s “needs” (re the chart below) as Epicurean desires? Which might fall under the category of (1) "natural and necessary,” which (if any) under (2) “natural but not necessary,” and which (if any) under (3)… -
Matteng
August 14, 2026 at 8:10 AM Replied to the thread The Completeness (or Fullness) of Pleasure.PostPacatus Nice comparison, see it the same. Life as obvious basis than health and the peak Eudaimonia.
Is it needed that the Cup „must“ be full ? I think we not only fill the cup with Pleasure but also and that can be an important point: adjust the… -
Matteng
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What if we reframed Maslow’s “needs” (re the chart below) as Epicurean desires? Which might fall under the category of (1) "natural and necessary,” which (if any) under (2) “natural but not necessary,” and which (if any) under (3)… -
Godfrey
Reaction (Post)August 13, 2026 at 11:17 PM […]
What if we reframed Maslow’s “needs” (re the chart below) as Epicurean desires? Which might fall under the category of (1) "natural and necessary,” which (if any) under (2) “natural but not necessary,” and which (if any) under (3)…
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