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Matteng
August 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Kalosyni’s post in the thread What is Virtue and what aspects of Virtue does an Epicurean cultivate?.I want to start a discussion on the topic of virtue (aspects of which may have already been discussed in the past) but mainly because it seems that this topic hasn't has enough time in the limelight as what it deserves.
Principal Doctrine 5 - An Epicurean… -
Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)August 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM […]
And that sense is absolutely appropriate, so long as it is understood that thinking and studying are not the only activities that must be pursued, and which are also desirable to pursue, and which are also of vital importance in human life. Nor would… -
Adrastus
Reaction (Post)August 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM Adding a deeper understanding to the closing paragraph: it is more than just poetic words to say "you shall live like a god among men" - philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle also presented their own ideas about "living like the gods" and so Epicurus… -
Cassius
August 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM Replied to the thread The Closing Paragraph of the Letter to Menoeceus.Post[…]
And that sense is absolutely appropriate, so long as it is understood that thinking and studying are not the only activities that must be pursued, and which are also desirable to pursue, and which are also of vital importance in human life. Nor would… -
Patrikios
Reaction (Post)August 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM Good thing I didn't get my forum name as a tattoo...
Looks like γλυκυθυμία rather than καλοσύνη aligns more with my intention when I chose my forum name.
γλυκυθυμία
From γλῠκῠ́θῡμος (glŭkŭ́thūmos, “sweet-minded”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s,… -
Patrikios
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Kalosyni
August 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM Replied to the thread The Closing Paragraph of the Letter to Menoeceus.PostThe phrase "contemplative life" is Christian Catholic, which sounds different than saying "a life of contemplation".
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Cassius
August 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM Replied to the thread The Closing Paragraph of the Letter to Menoeceus.PostUnfortunately I am afraid that the general interpretation of "the contemplative life" you quoted above is very entrenched, so it's important to be careful in praising "contemplation" in contrast with words like "study" or "applying." -
Don
Reaction (Post)August 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM This is somewhat applicable, and sheds some light on what is being refered to in the closing paragraph of the Letter to Menoeceus, a life of contemplation is like living like the gods (of course, minus the Aristotilian emphasis on virtues).
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Don
Reaction (Post)August 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM "AFTER THE ASCENT: PLATO
ON BECOMING LIKE GOD" -- JOHN M. ARMSTRONG
https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid…511cd201d6ff973
From the opening paragraph:
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This shows that there was already the idea of becoming like the gods before Epicurus, but Epicurus…
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