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Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Epicurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epicurus</a>, the precursor to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Lucretius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lucretius</a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/materialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#materialist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/philosophical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophical</a> 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 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#joy</a> is fundamental to the roots of the Western philosophical tradition that led to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a>.

venanzioMother of us all, pleasure of humans and gods, nourishing Venus, who, under the gliding stars, vitalize the open sea and the fruitful lands, because of you every living species is conceived and born into the light of the sun: at your approach the winds flee you and the clouds scatter away, to you the prolific earth offers lovely flowers, to you the surface of the sea smiles and the serene sky shines with suffused light. [<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Lucretius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lucretius</a>, De Rerum Natura]<a href="http://duplavis.com/the-nature-of-things/venus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://duplavis.com/the-nature-of-things/venus</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#venus</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/epicurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#epicurus</a>

Bryan KamI really want to talk to someone about <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Spinoza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spinoza</a>'s anti-teleological view, which <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Schopenhauer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Schopenhauer</a> tries to blame on a wish to avoid "speculative theology."I think it's the opposite; Spinoza's theological view comes as a result of his seeing through the anthropomorphic illusion of teleology in nature. In this way, his insight is similar to the <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddha</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Nietzsche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nietzsche</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Darwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Darwin</a> and <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taoism</a>.Possibly also <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Epicurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Epicurus</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Democritus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democritus</a> et al; I have yet to read enough <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Lucretius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lucretius</a> to say for sure.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a>

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