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kochiekoch
April 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM Replied to the thread Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt.PostShe's dead to the community. She's not playing the game and getting into the role the early Christian community laid out for her. The sinning widow is going to hell in a bucket!
Grateful Dead - Hell In A Bucket (Official Music Video) -
Patrikios
April 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM Replied to the thread Epicurus' Response to "Infinite Regress" Arguments.PostIs this topic related to the thread on Motion?
Is Motion One Of The Three Eternal Properties of Atoms? I.E. Are The Three Properties Shape, Size, and MOTION? -
Patrikios
April 16, 2026 at 3:44 PM Replied to the thread Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt.Post[…]
From a naturalist or Epicurean standpoint, the widow who studies nature, cultivates reason, builds friendships, and finds peace through understanding the world around her is living with extraordinary richness and intentionality. Calling that… -
Matteng
PostApril 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM In the past I thought laws of nature and natural forces are missing in Epicurean physics.
I searched for them and yes would like partly in this thread see the forces in the „motion of uncuttables“ but maybe also with an extension like an additional… -
Cassius
PostApril 16, 2026 at 11:54 AM We don't get far into this issue of "kalapsis" in this episode, but it came up in our background discussions and it's going to come up further in coming weeks. For that reason I have set up the following thread, and anyone who has time to help us move… -
Cassius
April 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM Posted the thread Epicurean Prolepsis / Canonics vs Stoic Katalepsis.Threadin coming weeks on the podcast we are going to be making a decision how much further to go into Cicero's "Academic Questions" and when to turn our attention to Philodemus' "On Signs."
A key aspect of when we will be ready to do that will involve our… -
Cassius
PostApril 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM Thanks Patrikios. It's always tricky to try to fit the "logic" arguments with the latest "science."
Going back to Sedley's Article "The Inferential Basis of Epicurean Ethics," I think there's a relationship here between Epicurus' decision to divide the… -
Eikadistes
PostApril 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM […]
I do not believe that we are on the brink of a 'Fifth Great Awakening' of American Christianity. If anything, the general trend right now is a line from Catholicism to astrology.
I think it's political context. I can think of a handful of minor tweaks… -
Patrikios
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Cassius
April 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM Wrote the article Questions? Ask The Epicureans.ArticleWe recognize that not everyone who visits our page is ready, willing, or able to register a full account at EpicureanFriends.
For those who would prefer to submit questions to us by email, we've set up a "Question Line" at Questions@epicureanfriends.com .
Send us an email with your question, and if we find it to be of general interest we'll set up a thread and our participants here can discuss what they think might be the best answers to your topic.
We can't promise to respond to each one, but if… -
wbernys
PostApril 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM For what it's worth i also heard it's just hype. It's based on one study which says that among church going people, young people attend 1.9 times a month compared to 1.8 times compared to millennials (wow such a huge increase /s) and a bunch of poor… -
Kalosyni
PostApril 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM I have not fully read the article above, but wanted to comment regarding any idea that Epicurean philosophy would be a better option for an individual interested in Christianity -- I think that anyone who is moving toward Christianity hasn't fully dealt… -
Cassius
PostApril 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM Good comments Steve and wbernys. As for Steve I hope you are that the claimed resurgence in Catholicism or old-line religion is overblown . I wonder if our much younger members here see any of this and whether they have any comment on whether they think… -
kochiekoch
PostApril 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM From what I understand, the supposed religious revival among Gen Z's is mostly hype. There are some isolated pockets of mini revivals, but the Z's have the least interest in religion than any other generation in US history. Some 1/3 of them are 'nones'.
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wbernys
PostApril 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM […]
Josh Hawley in my view is a typical guy like Plutarch, trying to frighten people with a "meaning crisis" and "decaying moral values" to make people believe in superstition and go back to the good ol' dark ages. All while ignoring that actual root that… -
Cassius
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Cassius
April 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM Wrote the blog article In Troubled Times, Why Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather Than To The Pope.Blog ArticleA friendly but direct word to young people searching for solid ground and thinking they might find it in the old but newly trendy Church
This article is also available on Substack.
Something is stirring among young people in the West, and it deserves to be… -
Martin
PostApril 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM In a Newtonian universe with absolute space and time and when there is a point in time where there is no motion of that atom in the chosen frame of reference, yes, this would be the case at all other points in time, the atom would never move and would… -
Cassius
April 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Aeneadum!.PostHere is one such thread but I am afraid it mostly goes off in other directions after Pacatus 's comment (which is more on point with the current question).
RE: Thoughts and Discussion on Organizing Epicurean Community
When Pacatus has time he may… -
Cassius
April 15, 2026 at 9:57 AM Replied to the thread Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt.Post[…]
According to "our friend" Paul it likely applies to everyone! -
Cassius
April 15, 2026 at 9:57 AM Replied to the thread Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt.PostI am warned that everyone will not get or appreciate the humor of my comment and it may take more effort to understand the play on words - but like on "Galaxy Quest" -
"Never Give Up! Never Surrender!"
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Kalosyni
April 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Aeneadum!.PostWelcome to the forum Aeneadum
The greatest motivation for quiting addictions is realizing that the pain outweighs the pleasure. Also, the strong desire to feel healthy again, and the strong desire to do what is necessary to maintain long-term health… -
Cassius
PostApril 15, 2026 at 8:12 AM Martin - Is this saying that a single atom in an infinite void would not move, but require the presence of at least one other atom for there to be attraction capable of resulting in movement?
If so that might reconcile how gravity results in motion but… -
Martin
April 15, 2026 at 7:46 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Aeneadum!.PostWelcome Aeneadum! -
Martin
PostApril 15, 2026 at 7:39 AM Here is my comment to Patrikios' thought experiment:
Placing the object outside Earth’s gravity would not be enough because then it could be in the Sun's gravity. Placing it outside the Sun’s gravity would still not be enough because then it could be… -
Cassius
PostApril 15, 2026 at 7:31 AM […]
In case Wbernys' reference to "reviews like this" is not clear, it's a reference to the "Antigone" article by Spencer Klavan linked in my previous post.
Very good analysis Wbernys - and in this context I don't see any issues with that youtube link,… -
Cassius
PostApril 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM Thank you Martin! -
Cassius
April 15, 2026 at 7:23 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Aeneadum!.PostVery well stated response Wbernys -
Also, as to this:
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Those are quotations we don't see very often. Do you have citations to those that readers can follow to verify them? -
Martin
PostApril 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM Here are my answers to Cassius' questions:
Gravity is one of four fundamental forces which can be considered as independent and their own entities in easy-to-understand models. There is a unified theory for the other three forces. Moreover, there are…
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