You may have heard of the Epicurean paradox, a famous trilemma which asks why there is evil with an all powerful, all knowing, and all good god? The argument goes as follows: Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?" While this has often been attributed to Epicurus throughout time, none of his writings actually contain any form of this argument, and it's unlikely he ever made such an argument. For this reason, I didn't discuss it in the video, but it's famous enough that I figured I should at least address it in the comments.
Thanks. But I feel it never was a good argument anyway. Evil could have a purpose in the greater scheme so it is permitted by God, it’s obvious that good cannot exist without bad (e.g. Yin & Yang). I honestly have never understood how it’s held up as a supposed good argument.
Excellent video! I recently found out your channel, and I have to say that your work is superb. You manage to pack a lot of information in a small amount of time, and make things as understandable as possible, something I always struggle with! You gave me a good boost to go back to making my videos, my friend! Let's hope I manage to get my video on the Epicureans out this year 😂
I'm glad to hear that, it means a lot to hear such nice comments especially from a fellow creator :) Your presentation is definitely on point as well, I'm looking forward to seeing that video!
Oh, something that might interest you btw - there's a project ongoing right now wherein researches are attempting to use machine learning to identify the contents of damaged papyrus scrolls, found in buried ancient Roman villas. If successful, we should have roughly 50% more primary source material for this time period. Interesting time to be alive 👀
It may make us uncomfortable today, but pederasty was a common and socially accepted practice in ancient Greece: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece While there was a decent age gap in these relationships, "young boys" in this case means teenager, as the average age of an Eronemos was around 14-18. This should not surprise us considering the fact that girls were also traditionally married off around the age of 14-16.
You may have heard of the Epicurean paradox, a famous trilemma which asks why there is evil with an all powerful, all knowing, and all good god? The argument goes as follows: Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?"
While this has often been attributed to Epicurus throughout time, none of his writings actually contain any form of this argument, and it's unlikely he ever made such an argument. For this reason, I didn't discuss it in the video, but it's famous enough that I figured I should at least address it in the comments.
Welp thanks for disabusing me of that belief
Thanks. But I feel it never was a good argument anyway. Evil could have a purpose in the greater scheme so it is permitted by God, it’s obvious that good cannot exist without bad (e.g. Yin & Yang). I honestly have never understood how it’s held up as a supposed good argument.
Excellent work. I hope this and your other videos gain more audience to fuel you up.
Thank you!
Another excellent video. I had no idea Epicurus was so prolific. History really did him dirty.
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Love this stuff, always cool to find a new channel with quality content
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Many thanks for the great content.
Very good talk - thank you for sharing
Excellent video!
I recently found out your channel, and I have to say that your work is superb. You manage to pack a lot of information in a small amount of time, and make things as understandable as possible, something I always struggle with!
You gave me a good boost to go back to making my videos, my friend! Let's hope I manage to get my video on the Epicureans out this year 😂
I'm glad to hear that, it means a lot to hear such nice comments especially from a fellow creator :)
Your presentation is definitely on point as well, I'm looking forward to seeing that video!
interesting, as always.
Oh, something that might interest you btw - there's a project ongoing right now wherein researches are attempting to use machine learning to identify the contents of damaged papyrus scrolls, found in buried ancient Roman villas. If successful, we should have roughly 50% more primary source material for this time period. Interesting time to be alive 👀
I heard about that, super cool stuff!
very well explained
Rather, it is just Hedonism, but instead in the modern age Hedonism has been severely misunderstood and misrepresented.
5:53 of enjoyment of women and young boys??
It may make us uncomfortable today, but pederasty was a common and socially accepted practice in ancient Greece: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_Greece
While there was a decent age gap in these relationships, "young boys" in this case means teenager, as the average age of an Eronemos was around 14-18. This should not surprise us considering the fact that girls were also traditionally married off around the age of 14-16.
your videos are very well done.