Here is a link to a new article on Epicurus from India entitled "Epicurean Pleasure" along with my list of several quotes from the article that I think most call out for correction: https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/epicur…1502691281.html
Criticisms of An Article Entitled "Epicurean Pleasure" (October 1, 2018)
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Along the lines of the most common misunderstandings you mentioned in our discussion months ago!
They distort PD3 "The limit of quantity in pleasures is the removal of all that is painful," and take it as a call to celibacy.
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Yes I think so! Sex is definitely one of those activities that can be high risk, and therefore must be handled carefully. But no one who accepts pleasure as the goal of living, combined with the shortness of life and the eternity of death, and the pleasures of relationships that come from sex (not to mention the benefits of children!) is going to write it off completely as always prohibited.
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Did you email the publisher?
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Good reminder thanks - I just posted a comment on that page -we'll see if they approve it.
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Cassius
May 31, 2024 at 4:57 PM Moved the thread from forum General Discussion to forum Epicurean Ethics - General Discussion and Navigation.
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