Featured Nikolsky - Epicurus On Pleasure

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The EpicureanFriends Files section is where our Level 3 and above participants store longer documents created offsite which are of special interest to the study of Epicurus. You can use the "Categories" box on the right to find specific sections of the library.

One of the most important articles on this site: Boris Nikolsky Details The Questionable Heritage of the "Kinetic / Katestematic" Distinction.

Boris Nikolsky Details Why The Kinetic / Katestematic Distinction Is Not Epicurean.


Link to this article at ACADEMIA: https://www.academia.edu/11301216/Epicu…work_card=title

November 23, 2020 at 6:49 AM

Great article! I do wish he would have translated the Greek and Latin quotations. A. I find it pretentious (does he assume we all read the original languages?) and b. I feel like I skipped a large portion of the article and hence missed some nuances. Regardless, very helpful in further dispelling the false classification of pleasure.
November 23, 2020 at 9:08 AM
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Yes I always feel that way too. I guess we take what we can get. Aside from that I do think it's a great article too. Maybe over time and with more resources we can add translations of those sections to this version of the article.
November 23, 2020 at 9:25 AM

100% agree with you. It does a great job of laying out the arguments and his refutation of the aponia fallacy is very convincing.

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