A Captivating Journey Through Psychiatry, Philosophy, and Psychology
#Psychiatry #Philosophy #Psychology #MentalHealth #Hippocrates #Plato #Aristotle #Stoicism #Epicurus #Sociology #Durkheim #Marx #Weber #Ethics #PhilosophicalCounseling #HistoryOfThought #MindAndBody #HumanExperience #CriticalThinking #PhilosophyOfMind #MentalWellBeing
The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.
#Epicurus, the precursor to #Lucretius in the #materialist #philosophical tradition, believed that we need knowledge only because without it we are unhappy. I find it wonderful that following one's curiosity to bring oneself #joy is fundamental to the roots of the Western philosophical tradition that led to #science.
Natural justice is a symbol or expression of usefulness, to prevent one person from harming or being harmed by another.
« A happy life neither resembles a rapid torrent, nor a standing pool, but is like a gentle stream, that glides smoothly and silently along. »
— Epicurus
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/738637579150393344/a-happy-life-neither-resembles-a-rapid-torrent
« The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance. »
— Epicurus
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/736993407296274432/the-just-man-is-most-free-from-disturbance-while
« The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind. »
— Epicurus
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/736913081709608960/the-greatest-reward-of-righteousness-is-peace-of
« A happy life neither resembles a rapid torrent, nor a standing pool, but is like a gentle stream, that glides smoothly and silently along. »
— Epicurus
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/738637579150393344/a-happy-life-neither-resembles-a-rapid-torrent
« The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance. »
— Epicurus
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/736993407296274432/the-just-man-is-most-free-from-disturbance-while
« The greatest reward of righteousness is peace of mind. »
— Epicurus
· https://poligraf.tumblr.com/post/736913081709608960/the-greatest-reward-of-righteousness-is-peace-of
If you're interested in studying classical Epicurean philosophy, where do you start? Here's a page with recommendations of which ancient authors to go to, giving reasons for each of them
https://gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/reading-recommendations-for-epicurean
#Texts #Philosophy #Reading #Recommendations #Epicurus #Epicurean
#Epicuras is the tag which flags posts about why I believe the #Spirit of #Epicurus has been a major influence in my life since #JrHigh even though I only bothered to start learning about him about a month ago.
For as long as I can remember my mind tends to wander to matters #cosmic 2 or 3 times a month to ponder the #infinite or imagine the #infinitesimal
Last Sept I had a vision which I call my #AtomicParadigmSquint.
Ive been unable to find any physical or chemical evidence to disprove it
"No one who sees what is bad chooses it willingly; instead he is lured into seeing it as good compared to what is even worse, and thus he is trapped."
— Epicurus (Vatican Sayings)...
#quote #philosophy #epicurus #philosophyquotes
First passages of rolled-up Herculaneum scroll revealed
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00346-8 #herculaneum #scrolls #decoded #papyrus #music #computed #tomography #epicurus
“We are moving into a new era” in the study of Epicureanism and Materialism.
"Beyond the hundreds of Herculaneum scrolls waiting to be read, many more may be buried at the villa, adding weight to arguments for fresh excavations."
“In the case of food, we do not right away believe things that are scarce to be absolutely more pleasant than those which are abundant” - Philodemus(?)
AI helps scholars read scroll buried when Vesuvius erupted in AD79
#Epicurus #Materialism
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/ai-helps-scholars-read-scroll-buried-when-vesuvius-erupted-in-ad79
Diogenes of Oenoanda, circa 120 CE:
It is right to help generations to come (for they too belong to us, though they are still unborn)
Translated by Smith & Hammerstaedt
Sounds very #Epicurean...
"#Epicurus asserted that philosophy's purpose is to attain as well as to help others attain happy (eudaimonic), tranquil lives characterized by ataraxia (peace and freedom from fear) and aponia (the absence of pain). He advocated that people were best able to pursue philosophy by living a self-sufficient life surrounded by #friends."
Meet Epicurus, antiquity’s most famous sci-fi author:
"Because of the infinite supply of atoms, there are an infinite amount of worlds, or cosmoi. Some of these worlds could be vastly different from our own, some quite similar, and all of the worlds were separated from each other by vast areas of void (metakosmia)..."
