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The following post is one of a series so that we can get our collection of the main list of Principal Doctrines under the "Texts" section in better shape. Although this thread will include a "poll" in the next post, what we are really looking for is the "best" combination of faithfulness to the original combined with clarity in modern English. I will get with a collection of the Level 3 participants here to work on editing the final list, but the full discussion should be open to everyone to con…

Here's the poll question:

(Quote from Nate) That is great to hear!

(Quote from Godfrey) You guys are the experts on the Greek but this is one instance where I am more drawn to Bailey's version. To my ear "quantity of pleasure" emphasizes a particular dimension, which invites the listener to thing that there is more going on here to consider. The more general "magnitude" variations more clearly invite the connotation of "best" or "height of pleasure." My reading of the issues is that Epicurus has something to say about both perspectives, just as he distinguishes…

(Quote from Don) Possibly better to represent it like the Bible with some or all sentences numbered in Superscript but divided into paragraphs again like Don said as one document/letter rather than a discrete numbered list.