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Cassius
January 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM Replied to the thread January 19, 2025 - 1pm ET - "Applying Epicurus Accurately" Livestreaming Event.Post -
Cassius
January 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM Replied to the thread January 19, 2025 - 1pm ET - "Applying Epicurus Accurately" Livestreaming Event.PostRemember our upcoming Livestream "Applying Epicurus Accurately" this Sunday the 19th at 1:00 PM EST! Please go here for the Youtube stream, where we will watch the chat and take your questions. Join us if you can! -
Pacatus
January 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Eikadistes’s post in the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).[…]
I think that's a really good way to put it, as a function of practicality. -
Eikadistes
January 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM Replied to the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).Post[…]
I think that's a really good way to put it, as a function of practicality. -
Eikadistes
January 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM Reacted withReaction (Post)
to Pacatus’s post in the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).[…]
Well, I am partisan on some issues -- but I am also a pragmatist (I hope). -
Pacatus
January 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM Replied to the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).Post[…] Well, I am partisan on some issues -- but I am also a pragmatist (I hope). -
Pacatus
January 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Eikadistes’s post in the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).[…]
It's tough to distinguish what is political versus what is not political.
I could see Lysimakhos (King of Thrace) suggesting that Epikouros was being very political when he offered his finance minister, Mithres asylum from a sentence. When you… -
Eikadistes
January 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM Reacted withReaction (Post) to Pacatus’s post in the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).An interesting recent article on Stoicism in El Pais:
https://english.elpais.com/culture/2025-0…e-in-vogue.html
The author has some positive commentary on Epicureanism, and questions why Stoicism has had a better survival:
“Stoicism is not the only school… -
Eikadistes
January 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM Replied to the thread Recent Article on Why Stoicism Remains So Popular (Vis-à-Vis Ancient Rivals).Post[…]
It's tough to distinguish what is political versus what is not political.
I could see Lysimakhos (King of Thrace) suggesting that Epikouros was being very political when he offered his finance minister, Mithres asylum from a sentence. When you… -
Pacatus
January 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM Reacted withReaction (Image/Video)
to the image Name Four People in the Garden.
