Epicureanism (A History of Western Thought 18)

This is a continuation of the History of Western Thought series in which we overview the most important philosophers of the Western world. As move now move from the Greek into the Roman era, we begin discussing some of the schools of thought beyond Aristotle with Epicureanism.

[redeemedzoomer]

The continuation of this series really is a "dad came back with the milk" moment

[Ben_G_Biegler]

Glad to see you bringing this series back!

[sharqueeshajohnalaneesha]

I own a book called “On the Nature of Things” by Lucretius. It’s a long poem explaining Epicurean thought. Long stanzas about the existance of atoms, the eternity of reality, dreams, and iirc a material explaination of the soul. Very interesting stuff.

[collettewhitney]

@dr Jordan another amazing prestige video long time no see as always though provoking content god bless 🙏

[dagwould]

It's 'processes' not 'proceseas'. We only lengthen an e in a plural when the singular word ends in [vowel] then 's' as in hypothesis, or there is a double consonant before the ending, therefore hypothesis singular becomes hypotheses, pron hypoth-o-seas plural.

[bradleymarshall]

I don’t think there’s a pre-enlightenment philosophy that more represents modern man and was more destructive. Hobbesian conception of government, mechanistic/materialist conception of reality, utilitarian approach to morality, and an obsession with pain all has roots with the Epicureans

[BramNguyen]

Do you think ancient Greek philosophy had a more positive or negative impact on early Christianity?