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Cassius
December 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Kalosyni’s post in the thread More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find.DaveT
The updated "Forum Navigation Map" is now added to the dropdown menu under "Forum".
We now also have an updated "Forum Shortcuts" (I'll be making a few more adjustments to that). Also found in the dropdown menu under "Forum".
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Kalosyni
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM Replied to the thread More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find.PostDaveT
The updated "Forum Navigation Map" is now added to the dropdown menu under "Forum".
We now also have an updated "Forum Shortcuts" (I'll be making a few more adjustments to that). Also found in the dropdown menu under "Forum".
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Pacatus
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Bryan
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM Reacted withReaction (Blog Article)
to the blog article “When Science Returns to the Hellenic Worldview: Empathy and Consciousness Redeemed”.“When Science Returns to the Hellenic Worldview: Empathy and Consciousness Redeemed”
Friedrich Nietzsche, in his work The Antichrist, denounces Paul as the inventor of Christianity and an enemy of Rome’s grandeur. But perhaps Nietzsche himself… -
Cassius
December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM Replied to the thread Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States.PostEpisode 310 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States"
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Cassius
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM Replied to the thread Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States.PostJoshua also quotes in this episode from Game of Thrones. I have not watched that so I am coming up dry looking for a video clip of the scene, but here is a link to the text:
Quotes by Davos
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Cassius
December 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM Replied to the thread More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find.Post[…]
We're going to improve that and make it easier to find. For the time being it is par of the "Map" box in the right sidebar if you are on a wide screen, or near the footer if you're on a phone.
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Cassius
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM Reacted withReaction (Post) to DaveT’s post in the thread More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find.Cassius It looks good. Please indicate how I would get to that page from the home page. -
DaveT
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM Replied to the thread More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find.PostCassius It looks good. Please indicate how I would get to that page from the home page. -
Lowri834
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Cleveland Okie’s post in the thread The Letter to Menoikeus - A New Translation with Commentary.I just wanted to take a moment to mention how much I enjoyed Don's new translation with commentary of "Meditate Οn Τhese Things: Epicurus's Letter to Menoikeus." I have nothing scholarly to offer, but I thought if I explained why I like it, it might be…
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