21) Epicurus

[@ThePhotist]

Basically wrapped up everything I’ve read about Epicurus and put it in modern terms. Truly a great teacher.

[@MikeFuller-ok6ok]

I totally agree with his thought that there is nothing to fear in death, that it is just a disappearance.

[@Paraselene_Tao]

Epicurus is my main man. The Tetrapharmakos is so legit: I almost don't need anything else in life. In 4 simple principles the Big T helps me handle 90% of the BS in my life. Thank you for teaching Epicurus. Edit: I've heard about Lucretius but I haven't studied him or Romans in general. I will get around to Lucretius soon.

[@djordjepetrovic2365]

Thank you, every lecture is great and understandable for us who do not study philosophy. Keep up the good work.

[@lnguyen28]

Thank you Dr. Adam Rosenfeld.

[@jimboford9504]

If you're conflicted about whether to strive for improvement or to find peace with what you have, you need to lean on the advice you shared during the aristotle lectures: golden mean! ;)

[@ajmosutra7667]

As always, a great lecture

[@Orville9999]

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson

[@shanejohns7901]

Just an FYI -- there's something wrong with the audio on this video. It's misaligned with the video. I am playing it from the playlist of 25 videos, and this misaligned audio is actually causing the playlist to stop playing with a spinning circle on the screen. The data above on the video says that it is 1:16:05 in length, but the misaligned audio stops and the spinning circle appears at the 1:13:59 mark. If I had to guess, the player is expecting a bit more than 2 more minutes of audio and video, but ran out of audio. Or put another way, the last bit of video data has no corresponding audio, and glitches the player as a result.

[@catherinemcmillan6111]

Thank you so much for these lectures :-)

[@maxwellfolkers8747]

Can you add the readings you assigned to the class to the video description? I am very curious.

[@TheMusicalStylingsofBrentBunn]

Very little of Epicurus's writing survives. It all fits in a pretty small book you can buy super cheap. "The Essential Epicurus" is a great collection. Of his works, I would personally recommend his "Letter to Menoeceus" and "The Principal Doctrines."

[@theevil6252]

Thanks. I wish I was in the class 🤓