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Welcome to Episode One Hundred Forty-Six of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the only complete presentation of Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we'll walk you through the ancient Epicurean texts, and we'll discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where you…

As Kalosyni mentioned in the podcast today: a draft of a prototype of an expanding/collapsing outline of Epicurean philosophy. Needs to be drastically revised and update but might serve as a rough example for those who want to develop a better version using current web technologies: Here's a picture: Here's the clickable version: https://newepicurean.com/epicureanoutline.htm Description is here: https://newepicurean.com/outline/

Oops I forgot I actually produced two versions - this one entitled "Overview." Same caveats apply that this is just a prototype and needs dramatic revision. Here's a picture: Here's the clickable version: https://newepicurean.com/overview.htm Description is here: https://newepicurean.com/overview/

I am told that not everyone can click on the pointer icons and expand/collapse the outlines in the "clickable versions" of the above two posts. If you're unable to do that please post here as I would like to investigate the cause. It works for me on both android and desktop. (Note that the pictures in the post aren't clickable. I just posted those so you would see what you're going to get when you follow the link. Also note that you must click directly on the pointer icon and not the full text o…

Oh that last comment reminds me of one of my favorite subjects - outlining software. There is even a website dedicated to the topic: http://www.outlinersoftware.com Those two outlines above were produced with the software that I have sworn by for 20+ years:. Ecco Pro. If I make it to 90 years old and die at my computer I will probably be typing into my Ecco outlines at the moment I kick off. Unfortunately development of Ecco stopped long ago, and today probably the premier interactive outliners …

Quick comment on desirable ways to manipulate an outline: youtu.be/TSqwfcEvNXQ

Episode 146 - The Second of our Introductory series of podcasts on Epicurean Philosophy is now available. This week we focus on "The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy" (Physics, Canonics, and Ethics). spreaker.com/episode/51748685