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Cassius
April 25, 2026 at 4:06 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to onghyr! Learn more about onghyr and say happy birthday on onghyr's timeline: onghyr -
Kalosyni
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Cassius
April 24, 2026 at 10:04 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostYes happy birthday Patrikios! I am thinking I might also have seen a notification about Pacatus but it seems to have disappeared so i'll wish him a happy contingent birthday! -
Kalosyni
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Matteng
April 24, 2026 at 9:34 AM Replied to the thread Epicurean Mockery of Opposing Philosophers and Schools.PostI also think Plato was the „Golden“ because he values people in categories of gold, silver and bronze/iron
Gold: Elites, King/ Philosopher
Silver: Warriors
Bronze/Iron: Worker, farmers
And oh, of course Plato was in the golden category 😅
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Cassius
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Cassius
PostApril 23, 2026 at 7:45 PM In this episode we begin a general overview comparison of Epicurean vs Stoic views of obtaining knowledge. Our theme will revolve around the different views and uses of the senses between the two schools, with the Stoics asserting that there are some… -
Cassius
April 23, 2026 at 4:39 AM Replied to the thread Epicurean Mockery of Opposing Philosophers and Schools.PostDue to the importance of this material I am adapting Bryan's work (which will remain the gold standard for accuracy into a reformatted table here:
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Cassius
April 23, 2026 at 4:05 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to ifancya! Learn more about ifancya and say happy birthday on ifancya's timeline: ifancya -
Cassius
April 22, 2026 at 9:53 PM Replied to the thread Plato's Ladder of Beauty from his Symposium.PostWhat does Plato find admirable in Beauty if not the pleasure it brings?
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Cassius
April 22, 2026 at 9:49 PM Replied to the thread Epicurean Mockery of Opposing Philosophers and Schools.PostI am bumping this old thread because in tonight's Zoom meeting we started going through this list as part of reviewing Bryan's Usener material. I personally had not focused on the fact that there is a list in both Diogenes Laertius and in Plutarch, and… -
Eikadistes
April 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Alexandriaplatz!.PostWelcome! Your work will be very welcome here. -
Cassius
April 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM Posted the thread Plato's Ladder of Beauty from his Symposium.ThreadI know I am not familiar with this aspect of Plato but it has obvious implications to many aspects of Epicurus, so I am starting my review with this below from Grok. Aside from contrasting it with Epicurus saying that he would spit upon the beautiful if… -
Cassius
April 22, 2026 at 7:43 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Alexandriaplatz!.PostGlad to have you Alexandriaplatz and there are many of us who are keen to discuss images with anyone who will listen!
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Cassius
April 22, 2026 at 7:42 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Alexandriaplatz!.PostWelcome Alexandriaplatz!
This new participant tell us:
I am a current graduate student working in ancient epistemology. I've been interested in Epicurus for about a year now mostly focussing on his relationship to Democritus, although more recently my… -
Cassius
April 22, 2026 at 7:42 PM Posted the thread Welcome Alexandriaplatz!.ThreadWelcome alexandriaplatz !
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Pacatus
April 22, 2026 at 1:14 PM Replied to the thread Innovations/Updates in Epicurus Philosophy.Post[…]
This makes sense also for those of us who, as individuals, do explore different lines of thought re Epicurean philosophy, and even (as Martin notes) other schools of philosophy – where that seems helpful to us. For example, I often find stuff on… -
Cassius
PostApril 22, 2026 at 6:35 AM This appears to be a different link for the same book discussed previously. Thanks to Kalosyni for finding it:
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Martin
April 22, 2026 at 2:57 AM Replied to the thread Aristarchus calculation of the "size" of the sun.PostFor questions 2 and 3: Once you have established the law of gravity and measured the gravitational constant with a laboratory scale setup, you can calculate the product M/r^3 (M = mass of the sun, r = radius of the circle for an approximately circular… -
Cassius
PostApril 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM Should be fixed now!
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Patrikios
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Cassius
April 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM Posted the thread Nietzsche Agreeing With Epicurus That The Senses Do Not Lie.ThreadFrom Twilight of the Idols:
2 With the highest respect, I except the name of Heraclitus. When the rest of the philosophic folk rejected the testimony of the senses because they showed multiplicity and change, he rejected their testimony because they… -
Joshua
April 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM Replied to the thread Aristarchus calculation of the "size" of the sun.PostI'm more familiar with measurements of the earth from my days in Land Surveying, and the classic experiments that I can recall are these;- The Eratosthenes experiment; a fairly accurate measurement of the circumference of the earth.
- The Mason-Dixon Survey,
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Eikadistes
April 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM Replied to the thread Aristarchus calculation of the "size" of the sun.PostQuestion for math friends:
1. Given any, one planet in the observable universe, what are the chances that this planet has both (1) exactly one moon, which is also (2) the exact same apparent size as that planet's parent star?
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Cassius
April 21, 2026 at 8:26 AM Replied to the thread Aristarchus calculation of the "size" of the sun.PostThe full video may explain this but if someone doesn't want to watch that Wikipedia says that Aristarchus' calculations led him to conclude that the sun was 18-20 times larger than the moon. It's not clear to me whether he had a size for the moon or… -
Cassius
April 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM Replied to the thread Welcome ReiWolfWoman!.PostI think that's a very good question and the answer isn't obvious at all.
To me, some of what you're commentin on is a variation of the "psychological hedonism" argument which goes - everyone does what they think brings them pleasure, even pursuing virtue… -
ReiWolfWoman
April 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM Replied to the thread Welcome ReiWolfWoman!.PostI’m reading a book called Jane Austen’s Philosophy of Virtues. Emsley writes, “Socrates calls this kind of adherence to principle illusory, and suggests that it is actually a kind of self-indulgence that forces one to be temperate for the sake of later… -
Cassius
April 20, 2026 at 4:19 PM Replied to the thread What would Epicurus have thought of going to the moon?.Post[…]
And I would not hesitate to say that this is both (1) an example of regression in philosophy over 2000 years and (2) why I would be cautious about endorsing Bentham or applying the label of "hedonism" to Epicurus overbroadly. Epicurus was firm that… -
Eikadistes
April 20, 2026 at 2:39 PM Replied to the thread What would Epicurus have thought of going to the moon?.Post[…]
This is one of the primary differences in the flavors of ancient Epicurean Philosophy versus contemporary Utilitarianism, both being hedonistic, but with different emphases on the happiness of an association of friends versus the collective happiness… -
Godfrey
April 20, 2026 at 2:33 PM Replied to the thread What would Epicurus have thought of going to the moon?.PostAnd that given situation always includes the personal pleasure/pain of the person doing the evaluating. The internal situation of this individual consists of a variety of factors, and these may change over time or in relation to external circumstances.
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