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Bryan
March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post(Just throwing this in before I listen).
Cats exist. How do we know? For one, most people can see that they exist.
What is a cat? A living cat will have some necessary (συμβεβηκότα) qualities—characteristics that reveal what is universal (τὸ καθόλου) to… -
Cassius
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post[…]
In this case I agree Cicero is wrong, but there are a lot of subtleties here that we wouldn't have but for this section of "On The Nature of the Gods" and now also this section XIII of Tusculun Disputations.
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Cassius
March 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post -
Godfrey
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.PostRule #1:
Whenever there is a conflict between Cicero and other sources, don't trust Cicero.
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TauPhi
March 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post[…]
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I'm with Don on this one. Prolepsis, as all Epicurean canonical faculties, is separated from reasoning. The way I see it, prolepsis is a pattern recognition. If I see enough cats in my life, I'll recognize the next one as a cat without thinking… -
Kalosyni
March 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM Replied to the thread Overview & Syllabus: "Introduction to the Philosophy of Epicurus" (Self-paced Course).PostThe following topics will be presented in the "Introduction to Epicurean Philosophy" 7-Week Self-paced Course:
Week 1: Epicurus, the Garden, and the Extant Texts - The biography of Epicurus, the history and location of the school of Epicurus, and an… -
Kalosyni
March 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM Replied to the thread Week 1: Epicurus, the Garden, and the Extant Texts.PostAdditional material for Section 1.2:
Here is an very good overview of the Principal Doctrines .
The following is copied here from an earlier post created by forum member Don.
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Kalosyni
ThreadMarch 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM The Philosophy of Epicurus: A Self-paced 7-week Course (work-in-progress)- Overview: Join us for a self-paced seven week study course on the philosophy of Epicurus. This program will introduce you to the basics of the classical Epicurean philosophy and
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Cassius
March 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.PostThanks for focusing again on the question of which aspects of knowledge of the gods constitute prolepsis and which constitute opinions arising from reasoning.
Below is the Rackham translation of the section from On the Nature of the Gods. It would appear… -
Don
March 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post[…]
I'm not convinced that the prolepsis of the gods includes their blessedness and incorruptibility. The prolepsis has to do with their existence. The blessedness and incorruptibility are the proper "beliefs" that we should assign to them. When Epicurus… -
Cassius
March 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.PostI'll post more on this as I continue to edit today's episode, but I want to bring out something that anyone who is following along can help us consider on a point that relates both to the existence of "gods" and to the existence of "souls."
Cicero's first… -
Cassius
March 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM Replied to the thread Toronto Canada Meetup Group (Discussion on Implementation).PostGreat insights and thanks for posting them! All these will be of use in the future. -
AxA
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AxA
March 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM Replied to the thread Toronto Canada Meetup Group (Discussion on Implementation).PostReport on the in-person March Eikas in Toronto:
This was the group's second meetup and the first pot luck.
It was generally a good discussion and the people were generally pleased, but I learned a few lessons on how to improve it as well.
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Don
March 23, 2025 at 10:29 AM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post[…]
I may very well take you up on that. I'll noodle around and then try and send a message to you in the next weeks or so. -
Cassius
March 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.PostIf you need any help getting started just let me know. -
Don
March 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.Post[…]
This is a great idea!! Okay, I was stalling on my Menoikeus reformating because of all the hard html coding. But this text and note format has some potential as demonstrated right here by your work, Cassius . I need to go back and look more at that… -
Cassius
March 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to Eric! Learn more about Eric and say happy birthday on Eric's timeline: Eric -
Cleveland Okie
March 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM Replied to the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.PostThanks Kalosyni, and thank you, Cassius. I will make a real effort to log on more often. I haven't lost interest -- I have read 12 books about Epicureanism since I got interested a few years ago, and I am currently reading Epicurus and His Influence on… -
Cassius
March 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM Replied to the thread Episode 273 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good? - TD03.PostI'm experimenting using the side-by-side format the possibility of making notes on each section of Tusculun Disputations as we go through it. The notes I've made so far for this episode's section are here. Please feel free to offer suggestions or… -
Kalosyni
March 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM Replied to the thread Welcome Erik!.Post[…]
Hello Erik I see that you have been on the forum for some time, but have not yet introduced yourself. Please, if you don't mind, as your introduction let us know how your studies are going, or if you have any questions...also what initially… -
Kalosyni
March 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM Replied to the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.Post[…]
Hi Cleveland Okie !
You'll find all the current info about the 20th Gatherings, and also our other meetings: First Monday and Wednesday Night Usener Study Group (and in the sub-form Zoom Meetings). -
Cassius
March 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM Replied to the thread Happy Birthday General Thread.PostHappy Birthday to akbarkarim! Learn more about akbarkarim and say happy birthday on akbarkarim's timeline: akbarkarim -
Cassius
March 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM Replied to the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.PostYes indeed - hope you are well Cleveland. -
Cleveland Okie
March 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM Replied to the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.PostThank you for posting this, I did notice it was the 20th. Are there still video get togethers on the 20th? -
Eikadistes
March 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM Uploaded the image First Period of Heat.Image/Video
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Joshua
March 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM Replied to the thread Alexander Pope.Post[…]
Apparently 'garden gout' is actually short for Covent Garden gout, because of the district's association with prostitution;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%27…t_Garden_Ladies
Erasmus wouldn't have used this phrase, it must have been a choice made… -
kochiekoch
March 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM Replied to the thread Dark Energy experiment challenges Einstein's theory of Universe.PostThe news is dark energy is weakening. Eventually, it may be that the universe will collapse on itself. Something it may have done an infinite number of times in the past. Eternal expansion and contraction.
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Bryan
March 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM Replied to the thread Lucian of Samosata - Main Biography.PostI wanted to highlight this section 19 from Lucian's "The Runaways" where he says, of hypocritical philosophers, (particularly the cynics):
"I will not tire you with a description of their drunken orgies; observe, however, that these are the men who preach… -
Don
March 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM Replied to the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.Post[…]
AND the first day of Spring! Hail Venus! -
Kalosyni
March 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM Posted the thread Dark Energy experiment challenges Einstein's theory of Universe.Thread -
Cassius
March 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM Posted the thread Usener Collection of Epicurean Materials - Harris Edition.Threadhttps://www.epicureanfriends.com/wcf/usener-col…ments---harris/
This will be a "landing page" where we will set up a general description and introduction to the Harris edition of the Usener collection of Epicurean materials often referred to simply as the… -
Kalosyni
March 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM Replied to the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.PostI see that today is International Happiness Day! Yay!!!
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats…ay-photos-smile -
Kalosyni
March 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM Posted the thread Happy Twentieth of March 2025!.Thread -
Don
March 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM Replied to the thread Lucian of Samosata in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.PostThese are enlightening posts, Joshua . Thanks for pulling these individual authors out and highlighting them. This list would seem to lend itself as a starting point for a must-read list
For anyone interested in a little background:
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Bryan
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM Replied to the thread Lucian of Samosata in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.PostFrom Cynicism to Christianity to Brahmanism and self-immolation. All new to me. Surprised Lucian mentions the Brahmans, "τους Βραχμανάς" by name (section 39).
From the Loeb edition: "Death of Peregrinus is an account of the life and death of a Cynic… -
Joshua
March 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM Posted the thread Giordano Bruno in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.Threadhttps://archive.org/details/indexl…up?view=theater
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1786 edition, page 40;
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Joshua
March 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM Posted the thread Julien Offray de la Mettrie in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.Threadhttps://archive.org/details/indexl…up?view=theater
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1786 edition, page 193;
The System of Epicurus, Man the Machine, The School of Pleasure, and others. -
Joshua
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM Posted the thread Lorenzo Valla in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.Threadhttps://archive.org/details/indexl…up?view=theater
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1786 edition, page 298;
On Pleasure (De Voluptate) and others. -
Joshua
March 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM Posted the thread Lucian of Samosata in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.Threadhttps://archive.org/details/indexl…up?view=theater
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1786 edition, page 177;
The Death of Peregrinus and the Philopatris (this latter work is no longer attributed to Lucian). -
Joshua
March 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM Posted the thread Lucretius in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum.Threadhttps://archive.org/details/indexl…up?view=theater
Index Librorum Prohibitorum, 1786 edition, page 183;
Italian translation by Alessandro Marchetti. A refutation of the philosophy of the poem was also prohibited (see page 111). -
Don
March 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM Replied to the thread Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil?.PostBrilliant having the dramatic reading. Much easier to follow the text. -
Julia
March 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM Replied to the thread Is there Choice without satisfaction? What's the name of the pleasure of Choice itself?.Post[…]
Mm, this is still at cross purposes: In general, when faced with a task one doesn't like doing, one can either use willpower and try to "just power through", but the kind of willpower available to "just force oneself" is a very limited resource. The… -
Cassius
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM Posted the thread Cyreniac Differences With Epicurus (Primarily On Skepticism).ThreadReferences from Cicero's "Academic Questions":
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Cassius
March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM Posted the thread Sorites Argument Referenced in Cicero's Academic Questions.ThreadGoing through Cicero's "Academic Questions" today I came across the following reference to the "Sorites" Argument. There is a lot of interesting material in AQ, and some good reference to Epicurus, but surrounded by a lot of gobbledygook. This is an… -
Bryan
March 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM Replied to the thread Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil?.PostWow! Excellent idea for the reading! In all the versions I’ve seen lately that read the T.D., I have not heard a version that used two voices. Kalosyni and Joshua, you both really did a superb job. THANK YOU! -
Kalosyni
March 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM Replied to the thread Is there Choice without satisfaction? What's the name of the pleasure of Choice itself?.Post[…]
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Godfrey
March 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM Replied to the thread Is there Choice without satisfaction? What's the name of the pleasure of Choice itself?.PostQuote from Julia
Only when I ask "Name the satisfaction/relief this will bring" am I forced to actually think about the consequences, and because they're positively framed, it also motivates me to follow through:
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Kalosyni
March 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM Replied to the thread Is there Choice without satisfaction? What's the name of the pleasure of Choice itself?.Post[…]
This is going beyond the scope of what we have available from the extant texts of Epicurus.
You might look onto "Compassionate Communication" (NVC) by Marshall Rosenberg:
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Julia
March 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM Replied to the thread Is there Choice without satisfaction? What's the name of the pleasure of Choice itself?.Post[…]
However, extending the "no neutral state" analogy once more, then every single point in time one is never honoring both sides of the same coin with perfectly equal strength. For example, even though they both exist on a continuum, "working against the…
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Cassius
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