Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.

The Term Pleasure Includes Bodily as well as Mental Pleasures Such As Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc. Likewise The Term Pain Includes All Bodily and Mental Pains.

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2. Key Citations - Only Two Feelings: Pleasure And Pain
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  - October 4, 2023 at 9:34 AM
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2. Choice & Avoidance: towards a better translation for avoidance 38
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2. Article on the Science of Guilty Pleasures 3
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2. A Food Analogy That May Be Useful In Thinking About Stimulative vs Non-Stimulative Pleasures 7
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4. Kalosyni
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2. Positive Emotions and Happiness
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2. The concept of resilience vs. ataraxia 5
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2. Is gratitude a katastematic or kinetic pleasure? 69
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2. Competing Greek Words for Pleasure in the Epicurean Corpus? 12
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2. Article: Does Neutral Affect Exist?
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2. Comparing "Pleasure = Absence of Pain" to "Body = Absence of Void;" A Cite to Lucretius 1:503 6
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2. Modern Neuroscience And The Katastematic / Kinetic Debate 61
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2. Latest video from Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett - "How Emotions Work" 1
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2. Pleasures of the Mind In Comparison To Pleasures of the Body 3
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4. Don
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2. Confidence in Katastematic Pleasure 47
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2. Do Pigs Value Katastematic Pleasure? ( Summer 2022 K / K Discussion) 167
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2. Maslow's hierarchy of needs 6
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4. Godfrey
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2. The Sweeping Nature Of The Word "Pleasure" 3
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2. Applying K/K Theory to Practical Life Issues 1
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2. Another Article Insisting On The Importance of the Kinetic / Katestematic Distinction, Despite Citing Nikolsky 16
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2. On The Need To "Fulfill Your Nature" By Pursuing Your Natural Dispositions 2
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2. CNN Article on Reclaiming Sexual Pleasure
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2. Archival Preservation of Antique Books 1
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2. Is [X] a waste of time? 26
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2. Emotional states from an epicurean pov 8
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4. Cassius
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2. What A Mess This K / K Issue Is - Here is Someone Saying These are "The Most Dominant Terms In Epicurus' Theory of Pleasures" 7
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2. Epicurean Attitudes Toward Emotion 19
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2. Emotions, reason, the body and more 2
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2. Dialogue on Katastematic Pleasure 38
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2. "Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony To Mislead The Jury! The Evidence Is Clear: Not Only Is "Ataraxia" Not The Highest Pleasure - Ataraxia Alone Is Not A Pleasure At All! 2
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2. DeWitt: "It Makes No Difference That Some Pleasures Are Static And Some Are Kinetic" 20
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Latest Lucretius Today Podcast: #255 - "CIcero's Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves" | Member Announcements | The Epicurean Paradigm Shift

Choice & Avoidance: towards a better translation for avoidance 38

Article on the Science of Guilty Pleasures 3

A Food Analogy That May Be Useful In Thinking About Stimulative vs Non-Stimulative Pleasures 7

The concept of resilience vs. ataraxia 5

Is gratitude a katastematic or kinetic pleasure? 69

Competing Greek Words for Pleasure in the Epicurean Corpus? 12

Comparing "Pleasure = Absence of Pain" to "Body = Absence of Void;" A Cite to Lucretius 1:503 6

Modern Neuroscience And The Katastematic / Kinetic Debate 61

Latest video from Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett - "How Emotions Work" 1

Pleasures of the Mind In Comparison To Pleasures of the Body 3

Confidence in Katastematic Pleasure 47

Do Pigs Value Katastematic Pleasure? ( Summer 2022 K / K Discussion) 167

Maslow's hierarchy of needs 6

The Sweeping Nature Of The Word "Pleasure" 3

Applying K/K Theory to Practical Life Issues 1

Another Article Insisting On The Importance of the Kinetic / Katestematic Distinction, Despite Citing Nikolsky 16

On The Need To "Fulfill Your Nature" By Pursuing Your Natural Dispositions 2

Archival Preservation of Antique Books 1

Is [X] a waste of time? 26

Emotional states from an epicurean pov 8

What A Mess This K / K Issue Is - Here is Someone Saying These are "The Most Dominant Terms In Epicurus' Theory of Pleasures" 7

Epicurean Attitudes Toward Emotion 19

Emotions, reason, the body and more 2

Dialogue on Katastematic Pleasure 38

"Objection Your Honor! Attorney Cicero Is Mischaracterizing the Testimony To Mislead The Jury! The Evidence Is Clear: Not Only Is "Ataraxia" Not The Highest Pleasure - Ataraxia Alone Is Not A Pleasure At All! 2

DeWitt: "It Makes No Difference That Some Pleasures Are Static And Some Are Kinetic" 20

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