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Matteng
February 19, 2026 at 4:42 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Cassius’s post in the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.[…]
It appears that many Stoics are comfortable saying that they have no concerns about life and health. For my part I'd say that unless you have life and at least some degree of health, no happiness is possible.
This is an unbridgeable divide. The… -
Cassius
February 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM Replied to the thread Episode 321 - The Epicurean Problems With Socrates - Not Yet Released.PostThis will deserve its own thread - Socrates' "Second Sailing" and its implications from the Epicurean perspective.
An Analogy That Should Life Forever In Infamy Along With His Ridiculous "Cave" - Socrates' "Second Sailing" -
Cassius
ThreadFebruary 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM Carl Saconds "Backbone of the Night" episode has me wanting to pursue further the condemnation of Socrates and Plato for deprecating the study of natural philosophy. Here's some initial research into a term apparently that is a key part of that terrible… -
Cassius
February 19, 2026 at 1:23 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.Post[…]
It appears that many Stoics are comfortable saying that they have no concerns about life and health. For my part I'd say that unless you have life and at least some degree of health, no happiness is possible.
This is an unbridgeable divide. The… -
Matteng
February 19, 2026 at 12:03 PM Replied to the thread Critique of the Control Dichotomy as a Useful Strategy.PostFound this Stoic text which claims that the dichotomy leads to undisturbable happiness.
The main point is that when you desire no things outside of your control ( like life, health … ) you encounter no „unhappiness“ or when you desire only Virtue… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)February 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM […]
Philódēmos records Epíkouros of having written that "it is fitting for us to pray’". In On Piety, he affirms that their opponents observed the Epicureans to share "propitious offerings and sincere and sonorous prayers" to the gods. So, even then, the… -
Kalosyni
February 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM Replied to the thread What kinds of goals do Epicureans set for themselves?.PostIt might be good think about goals for an Epicurean through the framework of lifestages. In modern psychology Erik Erikson and others have presented ideas of lifestages.
I am posting a table of lifestages categories - we could then see if we can compare… -
Eikadistes
February 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM Replied to the thread "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance".Post[…]
Philódēmos records Epíkouros of having written that "it is fitting for us to pray’". In On Piety, he affirms that their opponents observed the Epicureans to share "propitious offerings and sincere and sonorous prayers" to the gods. So, even then, the… -
wbernys
Reaction (Post)February 19, 2026 at 1:49 AM I have now expanded the old comparison chart we had on the forum through the use of Claude AI to include columns for the Socratics and the Aristotelians. For the new additions I haven't checked each of the sources that that are listed for each point on… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)February 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM Here is an interesting article from the Psychology Today website, and which would be related to the topic of "Epicurean choice and avoidance"...
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Read the full article here:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/in-pra…resourcefulness
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