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Seems appropriate on the topic that it's a constant struggle - Lucretius 6 / 43 (Munro) [I have willed at the same time] to explain all the other things which mortals observe to go on upon earth and in heaven, when often they are in anxious suspense of mind, and which abase their souls with fear of the gods and weigh and press them down to earth, because ignorance of the causes constrains them to submit things to the empire of the gods and to make over to them the kingdom. For they who have been…
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You know this topic - the feeling of getting overwhelmed and falling back into "the norm" is a problem that deserves lots of attention. Seems pretty clear that at the very least Epicurus was advising: - "getting back to nature" or "studying nature" as a way to build confidence, PD12. A man cannot dispel his fear about the most important matters if he does not know what is the nature of the universe, but suspects the truth of some mythical story. So that, without natural science, it is not possib…
