My apologies if this has been dealt with elsewhere, and I am happy in such instances to be directed to the relevant link. However, I was wondering if anyone...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Jul 1, 2010 1:59 pm
This has been discussed here, but I don't see anything wrong with bringing it up again. In my opinion it sounds like you have already done a good job of sizing...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Jul 1, 2010 2:21 pm
I wonder if it is wise to desire "figs in winter."  Regards Kevin ... From: Amos <vivepablo@...> Subject: [stoics] flourishing To:...
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Amos
vivepablo
Jul 1, 2010 2:51 pm
Kevin: There is no sense in asking for figs in winter, but without a warm coat and a bowl of hot soup, I for one could not flourish in winter. When I'm...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Jul 1, 2010 7:38 pm
They are certainly things one would normally choose.  Regards Kevin ... From: Amos <vivepablo@...> Subject: [stoics] Re: flourishing To:...
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Kevin
kevin11_c
Jul 1, 2010 7:49 pm
If it was winter and I had no coat nor was it possible to obtain a coat, should I still desire to get one? ... From: Amos <vivepablo@...> Subject:...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Jul 1, 2010 8:10 pm
... Not if that desire is a consequence of judging that having a coat would be something good. However, it would be appropriate to acquire a coat should the ...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Jul 2, 2010 12:31 am
For some reason, Amazon now has several very inexpensive "like new" copies of the first volume of the translation (by Charles Brittain and Tad Brennan) of...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Jul 2, 2010 2:51 am
Sorry, I meant to include a link: http://www.amazon.com/Simplicius-Epictetus-Handbook-Commentators-Aristotle/dp/0801439043/...
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Leo Iermano
leoiermano
Jul 2, 2010 8:47 am
Hi Brendan I noticed you are from Australia. I am from Melbourne and I meet regularly with another fellow stoic and exchange books and engage in chitchat re...
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Scott Rhodes
khrodos
Jul 2, 2010 9:05 am
As I understand you, if there is moral conflict between two parties it is resolved by one party enlightening the other? What about the reverse, if one is...
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Dave Kelly
ptypes
Jul 2, 2010 3:41 pm
Members may not be aware that there is a much older translation of this work adapted by Richard Lewis -- which I have not read -- archived in the files section...
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Curt Steinmetz
enkiduq
Jul 2, 2010 8:19 pm
Thanks! I didn't know about that other translation. So far I'm still working my way through the Introduction (which is 36 pages and quite interesting) and...
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stillcircle
Jul 3, 2010 5:16 am
Hi Leo: Yes, I am from Australia and, as it happens, Melbourne. I would enjoy catching up for a conversation, although my time in the next month is severely...
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JIM GODDARD
jim660331
Jul 3, 2010 2:07 pm
Hello All, The meeting idea is a good one and I hope it works out well for you in Australia. I've sometimes thought of setting something up here in the UK...
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-Jonathan
theta327
Jul 3, 2010 2:54 pm
If memory serves, Stockdale by his own admission did try to commit suicide by cutting. His captors discovered this and treated him promptly. This was near the...
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-Jonathan
theta327
Jul 3, 2010 2:58 pm
I'd add compassion, not in the sense of suffering with someone else but awareness and concern for others' suffering. There are aspects of Stoicism that can be...
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-Jonathan
theta327
Jul 3, 2010 3:04 pm
On 6/30/2010 8:57 PM, Steve Marquis wrote ... That is one of the four components of Buddhist (Theravada) metta meditation . ...
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mreeyore1968
Jul 3, 2010 5:21 pm
Dear Garth strong positive emotions are as unnatural and destructive to the smooth flow of life as strong negative emotions. Strong positive emotions, for a...
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Garth
garthpl
Jul 3, 2010 7:36 pm
Paul, I like your response because it brings up a few issues related to positive emotions. I will attempt to be as succinct as possible. I would thing that if...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Jul 3, 2010 10:31 pm
... be a model for anything.<<< We become Stoics when we understand what Epictetus means by making the correct use of impressions -- that is, with respect to...
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Keith Seddon
khs10uk
Jul 4, 2010 1:34 am
Members of this forum might be interested in a new facsimile edition of the /Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám/ that I have just finished preparing. Here are the...
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-Jonathan
theta327
Jul 4, 2010 12:52 pm
I wouldn't say it was a question of faith to put humans on the moon. Kennedy may have had some faith when he announced that goal in the speech, but he also was...
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mreeyore1968
Jul 4, 2010 2:19 pm
Dear Garth there is a distinction that might help. We must distinguish between 'emotions' and 'strong emotions'. It is 'strong emotions', either positive or...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Jul 4, 2010 2:32 pm
Jonathan asks: _______________ Is that eupatheia? If not, what? And whatever it is, is it appropriate for a Stoic? _______________ Is this feeling of...
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-Jonathan
theta327
Jul 4, 2010 2:33 pm
Yes, I understand that, but that exemplifies the Stoic tendency to perfectionism, to value the ideal over the actual and measure oneself according to that...
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Steve Marquis
stevemarquis...
Jul 4, 2010 2:53 pm
Jonathan writes in response to Keith: _______________ Yes, I understand that, but that exemplifies the Stoic tendency to perfectionism, to value the ideal over...
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-Jonathan
theta327
Jul 4, 2010 2:56 pm
There's a discussion of Simplicius' commentary on the Handbook in John Sellars' The Art of Living: The Stoics on the Nature and Function of Philosophy. The...
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jan.garrett@...
chrys1943
Jul 4, 2010 9:31 pm
I've been busy with "causes" for the last few weeks, including participating as a delegate in a large national gathering that voted to take action on a couple...
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Vicki Russell
vrussell001
Jul 4, 2010 10:58 pm
Hello Jan, What might be helpful as well would be to look at any large country in modern history that has changed economic models. Russia should be studied as...
