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In Response to Anti-Materialist Arguments That Limitations in Physics Should Cause us Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
In response to the Adam Frank article against materialism (Materialism Cannot Explain The Riddle of Consciousness) here is an excerpt from Chapter 15 of “A Few Days In Athens” that was too long to post in the original thread. In this passage Wright responds to those …
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A Brief Synopsis Of Thoughts On Epicurean Pleasure
After a series of good discussions like we have had recently, I like to drop back and consider a high-level big picture Epicurean viewpoint. Here is my latest effort; I invite others to comment or suggest their own: 1) Pleasure is the only thing that …
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Happy Twentieth of December! A Good Time To Raise A Toast To Antiochius IV
Happy Twentieth of December! This is the time of year we sometimes hear “Happy Hanukkah,” so it’s a good time to review the story of Antiochus IV and the close connection of this observation with Epicurean history: The event giving rise to Hanukkah was …
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An Invitation To An Epicurean 25th
The 25th of December can be a very stressful time of the year, especially for those who find themselves spending it largely or completely alone. Most of us have been raised in cultures with impossible mystical expectations for this day and time of year, and …
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Lucretius: Not Accidents, Not Incidents, but “Contextidents”
[Update 06/02/18: See the reference at the end of this article to the 1743 Daniel Browne edition, which I believe gets this right. The correct word is simply “events.”] Here is a word issue that has troubled me for a long time. One of …
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In Life, There Is No Antidote to Pain But Pleasure
Anyone who studies Epicurean philosophy quickly learns that Epicurus held a definition of “gods” that is very different from what we are used to today. Whereas we define “gods” as necessarily implying omnipotence, omnipresence, and supernatural control over nature, Epicurus rejected all those assertions and …
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