Lucretius The Epicurean Poet
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- Titus Lucretius Carus, a man which carried within his work the legacy of Epicurus, one of the greatest philosophers of the Hellenistic age. Lucretius too would be considered by some to be not only the greatest philosopher, but also the greatest poet of Rome. So if you have found within Epicureanism something of value, or simply wish to learn more, then join me in discovering one of the primary reasons for its transmission from his day to our own.
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• Spenta Mainyu - Jesse Gallagher
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• plato.stanford.edu/entries/lu...
• De Rerum Natura - Titus Lucretius Carus
• The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time - Will Durant
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Beautiful presentation. Appropriate.
Thank you!
A Seekers of Unity episode in dialogue with Epicurean transcendental/spiritual qualities would be so cool! Karen Armstrong in the Case for God and Mary Jane Rubenstein in Pantheologies engage it a little bit, but I'd be so interested to see it discussed in the broader project of the channel.
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Beautifull. Lucretius forsaw by his exceptional mind and intuition the realtity of quatum-physics. The factor of pure coincidence by the way elementairy parts are moving through space and time. He concluded on this thought there must then be a free will also. Limited by regullar physical 'laws' but decisive for change.
This coincidental change of direction causes all changes in evolution and the Universe.
With this thought and conclusion he ended all determenastic thoughts and dogma's on reality. Only 2000 years too soon.
We had to wait till quantum-physics proofed he was right.
Still he is a true materialist in his philosofy. He doesn't explain the origin of atoms or how those atoms get organized in producing organized live and consience. A live-force so clearly overcoming the general trend of decay and falling into chaos.
But he certainly was a visionair.
Thank you so much for your work, your narration is lovely clear and easy to follow!
Thank you, your words mean a lot. I think the part of creating the videos i struggle with the most is the audio. I can't tell you how many times I've had to re-record and re-upload due to audio volume or messing up the narration and pronunciation. Always a work in progress though! Cheers for the watch!
Amazing this ancient Roman poet Lucretius' thoughts on THE NATURE OF THINGS so very long ago. Even today an honest thinker might despair wondering IF THAT 'S ALL THERE IS - ATOMS and the VOID ? Still it is an antidote to morbid supernatural and metaphysical fears. And a universe of natural order does suggest a SANE way for intelligent human beings to live.
Super thanks, very informative and nice to watch 👍
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you, this was quite useful
Except the historian in me has to say that the inclusion of the Coloseum at the beginning of the video is a minomer as it was not to be built for over 100 years.
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Thank you, I appreciate your kind words!
Thank you, for an inspired thought
This was so good, thx
I stumbled on Lucretius by reading "On the Uncountable Nature of Things" by Ellen Hinsey. Thanks for the excellent vid essay - I'm more connected to the poem now
You are most welcome, thank you for taking the time to watch!
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Excellent summary and very timely. I’m currently finishing Epicurus’s The Art of Happiness after which I’ll be tackling Lucretius. Then, based on Epicurus’s letter to Herodotus, I’ll re read The Histories.
Cheers, thank you for taking the time to watch. I hope you find them fruitful!
This was excellent!
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If I.were not a Stoic I could be an Epicurean. Both are Philosophical Naturalist!🤔😉
be both... :)
Read Lucretius and see what you can get from it. A combination of him and Marcus Aurelius is very possible. But more importantly the point about philosophical thinking is not to surrender oneself completely to one system of thought. Rather its about forming a personal coherent synthesis of whatever good sources you read and find convincing and the results of your own empirical experience and reasoning.
If you want an all or nothing kind of world view Catholicism and Islam provide better models than ancient philosophy - although Christians and Muslims have tended to intelligently synthesise their revealed beliefs with philosophy in as many different creative ways as clever believers have synthesised
I love your reference of Spinoza as well ❤ thank you.
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Epicurus was 4th century? 😅 Think you mean 4th BC lad.
I think most can deduce that as the meaning, as it would make little sense for Lucretius to take influence from someone who lived long after him.
You are silly; greatest Roman poets to Virgil, Ovid. Lucretius is a good natural popularizer