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Al-Hakiim von Grof
January 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostLots of awesome ideas here!
Given that the New Testament explicitly states Paul interacted with epicureans ( Don , good tie-in reference. I had completely forgotten the interaction of Paul with philosophers in Athens), and the fact that Matthew is… -
kochiekoch
January 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM Replied to the thread Pompeii Then and Now.Post[…]
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kochiekoch
January 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM Replied to the thread Pompeii Then and Now.PostThey don't say specifically that they use AI, although a little research praises the incredible vivid videos and speculates that they use advanced technologies.
The video was so sharp I thought they had to use AI to create something like that. No doubt… -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM Replied to the thread Pompeii Then and Now.PostWow yes great video! I didn't see the scene you're referring to where the top of the mountain was reconstructed but I gather there is at least one fresco showing the top of the mountain to be MUCH taller! -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM Replied to the thread Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism".PostEpisode 264 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available: "Bread and Water??!! Debunking The Myth Of Epicurean Asceticism." For a slideshow version of this talk, click the "Featured Videos" link on our home page.
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Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM Replied to the thread "An Elementary Fact Worth Remembering" - Discussion.PostI hope you'll keep notes and eventually find time to prepare something on some of these physics issues Bryan. I just posted Don's "Bread and Water" as a separate podcast episode and I think a shorter focused talk format works very well - as it would… -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM Replied to the thread Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism".PostWe're about to release this special episode of Lucretius Today, with Don's talk on the myth of Epicurean asceticism. I'm pleased with this format and think you'll enjoy it. It works well to have a shorter format on a single topic, and we'll do more of… -
Bryan
January 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM Replied to the thread "An Elementary Fact Worth Remembering" - Discussion.PostLight pushes and light has weight. Light has mass.
We can make innumerable mathematical models that work for (1) light having mass, (2) light not having mass, or even (3) light not existing at all. The idea that light is massless will be thrown away… -
Eikadistes
January 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM Replied to the thread Pompeii Then and Now.PostThat's a great video!
Are we sure this was created by A.I.? I only ask because it looks really good, and seems to be accurate. I have to assume that a digital artist created this from a geographical image of ruins. A.I. would probably make up something… -
Don
January 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.Post"most modern scholars hold that [the book of Matthew] was written in the last quarter of the first century by a male Jew who stood on the margin between traditional and nontraditional Jewish values and who was familiar with technical legal aspects of… -
kochiekoch
January 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM Posted the thread Pompeii Then and Now.ThreadStuff you can do with AI.
In one of the scenes, you can see Vesuvius as it was with its top still on in the background. The eruption blew the top of the mountain right off.
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kochiekoch
January 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.Post[…]
I never gave it a thought, but that's an intriguing find. I wonder if the dogs and swine really do represent Stoics and Epicureans, who, if you argue with them, will take your ideas and crush them and tear them to pieces? It must have been a pretty… -
Don
January 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostFellows are the Fellows of the Jesus Seminar who were/are scholars who met in the 1970s/80s(?) to literally vote on whether Jesus said what the gospels say he said.
Grey means it was a toss up. Red would mean they agreed Jesus said it. Black, he didn't.… -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostSo these "Fellows" are who?
And I see - you are saying that because the statement is interpreted as a demeaning reference to other human beings (outsiders to the religion?), there was a reluctance to attribute it to Jesus (?)
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Kalosyni
January 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.Post -
Kalosyni
January 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM Posted the thread Meaning behind Horace's Quote.Thread(This must have been discussed some time ago at length, but could not locate it.)
As Don quoted (from this thread)
Horace for reference:
Latin
inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras
omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum:
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Don
January 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostHere's the commentary on those verses from the Jesus Seminar 's The Five Gospels:
https://archive.org/details/fivego…ge/154/mode/1up
(Read with free account)
The saying is preserved in Matthew and the Gospel of Thomas. Here the end of that section in the… -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostGood reminder of these lines - hard to find better practical Epicurean advice than this:
Latin
inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras
omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum:
English (Loeb Classics)
Amid hopes and cares, amid fears and passions,
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Don
January 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostOf course, there's only so many ways to say "pig" in Latin, but fwiw:
Latin for reference: Matthew 7:6: 6 Nolite dare sanctum canibus: neque mittatis margaritas vestras ante porcos, ne forte conculcent eas pedibus suis, et conversi dirumpant vos.
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Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostAlso: just as the title of this thread was abbreviated to "pearls before swine," I realize now that I tend to completely forget that that is only 50% of the allusion.
As to the second part, people seem to be acclimated to accept unthinkingly that pigs… -
Cassius
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Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM Replied to the thread Don Boozer - Where Was The Garden of Epicurus? Discussion.Post -
Don
January 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostI'm intrigued! I'll admit that I never made that connection, and possibly both animals were seen as unclean... But the juxtaposition of dogs and swine is too juicy to pass up digging into a little.
The phrase comes from Matthew 7:6: μὴ δῶτε τὸ… -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM Replied to the thread Seven Steps With Epicurus - A Review Of Basic Epicurean Doctrines.Post -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM Replied to the thread Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. David Glidden On Epicurean Prolepsis.PostPrior discussion of this interview took place here:
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Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:54 AM Replied to the thread Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Living For Pleasure.PostDiscussion of our interviews with Dr. Austin occurred In Episodes 156 and 157 of the Lucretius Today Podcast.
You can access the original podcasts and show discussions in the following links:
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Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM Replied to the thread Martin Huehne - Exploring the Relationship Between Epicurus And Logic.PostRelated Thread (this video originally appeared in post 39 of this thread:
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Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM Replied to the thread Free As Epicurus Music Video - Discussion.Post -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM Replied to the thread Catius' Cat and the Forty Mice Video - Discussion.Post -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM Replied to the thread Thus Purred Catius' Cat Video - Discussion.Post -
Cassius
January 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM Replied to the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.PostVery interesting thought. In my experience actual animals don't find stone-like objects of any kind to be particularly interesting one way or another, so I wouldn't expect them to take much notice of pearls.
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Al-Hakiim von Grof
January 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM Posted the thread Discussion of Matthew 7:6 “Pearls Before Swine (Epicureans?)”.ThreadMatthew 7:6 “Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”
The most straightforward meaning of this passage is plain enough.
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Al-Hakiim von Grof
January 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM Replied to the thread Bread And Water - Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism.PostOf course. I was looking forward to your presentation since the Livestream announcement was posted with the topics being discussed.
Asceticism, especially in the extremes, is something I’ve always found to be undesirable and confused. Even as a young… -
Don
January 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM Replied to the thread Bread And Water - Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism.PostThanks for the kind comments on my presentation as well as the thought-provoking commentary in your post. Food for thought (pun fully intended
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Al-Hakiim von Grof
January 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM Replied to the thread Bread And Water - Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism.PostI really enjoyed this presentation! Many thanks to Don for putting it together.
I was reminded of my experiences fasting (for general health and specific GI problems I have) and how, upon feeding after multiple days of only consuming water, my hunger… -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM Posted the thread The Epicurean Paradigm Shift - Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM Posted the thread Bread And Water - Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM Posted the thread The Deep-Set Boundary Stone - Epicurus vs. Geometry In Ethics - Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM Posted the thread Prudence - Not Moderation! - Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM Posted the thread "An Elementary Fact Worth Remembering" - Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM Posted the thread Welcome To EpicureanFriends.com - Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM Posted the thread Epicurus and The Gods - A Special LucretiusToday Episode.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM Posted the thread Epicurus and The Gods - Real or Ideal, And Why Does It Matter?.Thread -
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January 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM Posted the thread Introduction To The Youtube Channel of EpicureanFriends.com - Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM Posted the thread Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure - Discussion.Thread -
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January 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM Posted the thread Don Boozer - Where Was The Garden of Epicurus? Discussion.Thread -
Cassius
January 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM Posted the thread Seven Steps With Epicurus - A Review Of Basic Epicurean Doctrines.Thread
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Cassius
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Cassius
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Cassius
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Cassius
January 27, 2024 at 7:02 PM Episode 211 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. This week we take up Cicero's criticism of the Epicurean image of the best life, and observe his contrasting image - that of Cleanthes and the allegedly outrageous image of the virtues being the handmaidens to Pleasure.
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Cassius
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Cassius
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