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Pacatus
May 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM Replied to the thread Should the Study of Modern Psychology and Positive Psychology be Encouraged?.PostHaris Demitriadis discusses a range of modern psychology in his book Epicurus and the Pleasant Life: A Philosophy of Nature – from Freud to existential psychology to cognitive psychology – to the positive psychology of, especially, Mihaly… -
Pacatus
May 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM Replied to the thread New Epicurean Substack: Untroubled.Post[…]
Backatcha!
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Pacatus
May 15, 2026 at 12:17 PM Replied to the thread Diogenes of Oinoanda Inscription - NEW Complete Translation By MFS - March 2026.Post[…]
That also lends perhaps some semantic emphasis to the anti-xenophobic point of Diogenes.
And perhaps also his distinguishing between geography (γης) as determining the borders of one’s ancestral home (πατρίς) – and the whole world of humanity (κόσμος),… -
Cassius
May 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM Replied to the thread New Epicurean Substack: Untroubled.PostI am really glad Don posted that article because otherwise I might not have seen it.
It very much helps crystallize my thinking about one of the most important moderating decisions I have to make in administering this forum.
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Kalosyni
May 15, 2026 at 8:38 AM Posted the thread Should the Study of Modern Psychology and Positive Psychology be Encouraged?.ThreadIn a recent Zoom meeting we presented this question for discussion:
"Do you think that the study of modern psychology should play a role in the lives of those who study Epicurean philosophy? Why or why not?" ...I would reframe and give more detail:… -
Cassius
May 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM Replied to the thread New Epicurean Substack: Untroubled.PostThis is not meant to be nearly as negative as it is going to sound. Be sure to read to the last line of my post.
But - here's a quote from the article:
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"Correctly note that Epicurean "hedonism" is primarily about the reduction of pain!" ????
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Don
May 15, 2026 at 8:05 AM Posted the thread New Epicurean Substack: Untroubled.Threadhttps://open.substack.com/pub/readuntrou…potlight-okeefe
Not sure who Jack Gedney is, but this new Substack account looks worth following. He likes Emily Austin's book and references Dewitt. -
Kalosyni
May 15, 2026 at 7:48 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Griffin!.PostWelcome to the forum! Griffin -
Cassius
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Cassius
May 15, 2026 at 7:40 AM Wrote the blog article In An AI World, The Epicurean View of Knowledge Is More Important Than Ever.Blog ArticleEpicurus had important things to say about happiness, pleasure, fear, and anxiety. But before the modern world reduced him to the status of a street-corner therapist, his most important contributions to human advancement were understood to be in a very… -
Cassius
May 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to chuchunix! Learn more about chuchunix and say happy birthday on chuchunix's timeline: chuchunix -
wbernys
May 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Griffin!.PostWelcome Griffin ! -
Don
May 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM Replied to the thread Diogenes of Oinoanda Inscription - NEW Complete Translation By MFS - March 2026.Post[…]
For anyone interested... ...κ̣αλουμέν̣ους μὲν ξένους, ο̣ὐ μήν γε ὄντας. (vac. 1) καθ̣' ἑκάστην μὲν γὰρ ἀποτομὴν τῆς γῆς ἄλλων ἄλλη πατρίς ἐστιν,… -
Pacatus
May 14, 2026 at 4:48 PM Replied to the thread Diogenes of Oinoanda Inscription - NEW Complete Translation By MFS - March 2026.PostAs I am reading MFS’s latest translation of Diogenes of Oinoanda (linked above by Don ) I was struck by this (pp. 47-48):
“ … and not least we did [this] for those who (II) are called foreigners, although they are not really so. For, while the… -
Don
May 14, 2026 at 12:24 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Griffin!.PostWelcome aboard! -
Martin
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Griffin
May 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Griffin!.PostThanks Cassius. Good to be here. -
Cassius
May 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Griffin!.PostHello Griffin happy to have you! -
Cassius
May 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM Replied to the thread Welcome Griffin!.PostGriffin tells us:
Hi Cassius,
I live in the Wasatch Mountains in Utah.
I came to Epicurus the way most serious things find you - sideways and without warning. I've been self-studying philosophy for over a year starting with the ancient Greeks, working… -
Cassius
May 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM Posted the thread Welcome Griffin!.ThreadWelcome @Griffin
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All new registrants must post a response to this message here in this welcome thread (we do this in order to minimize spam registrations).
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Cassius
PostMay 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM Episode 333 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week our episode is entitled: "Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Sensations and the Anticipations."
[media]https://www.spreaker.com/episode/72006643/media -
Cassius
May 14, 2026 at 4:06 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to ernesto.sun! Learn more about ernesto.sun and say happy birthday on ernesto.sun's timeline: ernesto.sun -
Godfrey
May 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM Replied to the thread PD 25 meaning? by Woolf (2004).PostDon you can be gratified that you're now established as an expert source!
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Don
May 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM Replied to the thread PD 25 meaning? by Woolf (2004).Post[…]
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Cassius
May 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM Replied to the thread PD 25 meaning? by Woolf (2004).PostI don't think that's overly harsh. Of course when the Terminators take over they may not agree
This is like living through the industrial revolution and radio and tv and internet all in one - or more.
The points it picked up from you are good for it to… -
Don
May 13, 2026 at 5:31 PM Replied to the thread PD 25 meaning? by Woolf (2004).PostI fully realize that this is going to come off as harsh, but I was off work today with sinus issues, sneezes, aches, and coughs and maybe my inhibitions are a little less than usual. Please take that as context, but with that said...
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Kalosyni
May 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM Replied to the thread PD 25 meaning? by Woolf (2004).PostDon Regarding the formating of the Principal Doctrines , I just looked that up and found this (AI Google):
Modern translators and classical scholars determine where one doctrine ends and the next begins by evaluating four primary lines of evidence: … -
TauPhi
May 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM Replied to the thread Did Epicurus Advise Marriage or Not? Diogenes Laertius Text Difficulty.Post[…]
This may partially answer your question, Dave:
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Bryan
May 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM Replied to the thread Did Epicurus Advise Marriage or Not? Diogenes Laertius Text Difficulty.Post[…]
thank you for the question! I prefer when the answer rests in On Nature... but here we are On Lives only!
1.ὁ ᾠκειωμένος
10.37a. "ὅθεν, δὴ πᾶσι χρησίμης οὔσης τοῖς ᾠκειωμένοις φυσιολογίᾳ τῆς τοιαύτης ὁδοῦ..."
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Don
May 12, 2026 at 9:33 PM Replied to the thread Did Epicurus Advise Marriage or Not? Diogenes Laertius Text Difficulty.Post[…]
Do you have the citations/references for those? I'm curious to check them out.
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