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Pacatus
Reaction (Post)April 24, 2026 at 12:14 PM Yes happy birthday Patrikios! I am thinking I might also have seen a notification about Pacatus but it seems to have disappeared so i'll wish him a happy contingent birthday! -
Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)April 24, 2026 at 11:29 AM Yes happy birthday Patrikios! I am thinking I might also have seen a notification about Pacatus but it seems to have disappeared so i'll wish him a happy contingent birthday! -
Cassius
April 24, 2026 at 10:04 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostYes happy birthday Patrikios! I am thinking I might also have seen a notification about Pacatus but it seems to have disappeared so i'll wish him a happy contingent birthday! -
Eikadistes
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Cassius
April 24, 2026 at 9:39 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Matteng’s post in the thread Epicurean Mockery of Opposing Philosophers and Schools.I also think Plato was the „Golden“ because he values people in categories of gold, silver and bronze/iron
Gold: Elites, King/ Philosopher
Silver: Warriors
Bronze/Iron: Worker, farmers
And oh, of course Plato was in the golden category 😅
I think „the… -
Kalosyni
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Matteng
April 24, 2026 at 9:34 AM Replied to the thread Epicurean Mockery of Opposing Philosophers and Schools.PostI also think Plato was the „Golden“ because he values people in categories of gold, silver and bronze/iron
Gold: Elites, King/ Philosopher
Silver: Warriors
Bronze/Iron: Worker, farmers
And oh, of course Plato was in the golden category 😅
I think „the… -
Matteng
April 24, 2026 at 9:23 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Epicurean Mockery of Opposing Philosophers and Schools.Due to the importance of this material I am adapting Bryan's work (which will remain the gold standard for accuracy into a reformatted table here:
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Julia
Reaction (Post)April 24, 2026 at 6:05 AM Welcome Alexandriaplatz!
This new participant tell us:
I am a current graduate student working in ancient epistemology. I've been interested in Epicurus for about a year now mostly focussing on his relationship to Democritus, although more recently my… -
Cassius
PostApril 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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