Category: Lucretius
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Proof, Not Assertion
(Cross-posted with a few edits from the Garden of Epicurus facebook group.) This is in regard to strengthening our minds. It was inspired by Mark C.’s thread in the Facebook...
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On Long And Short Arguments, Vatican Saying 26, And Lucretius
Today I used VS 26 “One must presume that long and short arguments contribute to the same end,” in a post on Facebook, but in using it in a context...
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“One has but to read Lucretius to know what Epicurus made war upon…”
As we approach December 25th and the tide of religious fervor which it brings to parts of the world, there is no better time to remember the Epicurean history of...
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Peter Saint-Andre On The Possible Epicurean Basis for the “Seven Deadly Sins”
Peter Saint-Andre has recently posted an outstanding analysis of the possible Epicurean basis of the “Seven Deadly Sins (lust, gluttony, avarice or greed, sloth, wrath or anger, envy, and pride). ...
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In Memory of the Great Classical Translator of Lucretius: Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro
In preparing the last post, I came across this interesting information about the author of what is in my view the best translation of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura. I had...
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A Useful Recent Translation of Lucretius’ “On The Nature of Things”
Until today I was unaware of a 2010 edition of On The Nature of Things produced by Ian Johnston and available at the website linked here. That site states: “Ian...
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“Reasoning In Accordance With The Facts”
I have been reminded that I regularly make fairly pointed comments on the topic of “reason,” and I want to take this opportunity to explain why. This post is especially...
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An Uplifting Passage To Start The Week
WHOSE genius is powerful enough to frame a poem worthy of the grandeur of the Nature of Things — and of Epicurus’ discoveries? WHO is so great a master of...
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Even For Physicists, It Is Not Possible To Live Happily Unless One Lives Wisely, Honorably, and Justly…..
I was recently pointed toward a presentation given by Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins on youtube entitled “Something from Nothing?” I have time only for brief comment, but the point...
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On The “Fourth Nature” – The “Unnamed Element” of the Mind
I hesitate to post mainly a series of questions, rather than suggested answers, but the subject of this post is a topic I think so important that it merits an...