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  1. CW: CW: a little philosophy, existential shrugging, and cats claiming divine authority.

    I am an Epicurean agnostic deist.

    Which sounds terribly complicated, but is actually quite simple.

    I don't know whether there is a God, or several. Maybe there is. Maybe there isn't. I don't really know, and (this is the important bit) I don't particularly feel the need to know.

    The universe is under no obligation to explain itself to me, and I am under no obligation to invent certainty where none is available.

    But if there is a creator, I imagine them rather like an author who finished an enormous, complicated, occasionally beautiful manuscript, put down their pen, and walked away.

    The work continues. The characters are on their own. The author is not popping back in every five minutes to rearrange the furniture, punish someone for wearing the wrong trousers, or decide which football team deserves divine favour.

    And the Epicurean part?

    That may be the most important bit of all.

    I don't believe in living in fear. Not of gods. Not of death. Not of punishment. Not of some cosmic headteacher waiting to tell me I've been very naughty indeed. Been there, done that, minus the cosmic part. ;)

    I believe in tranquillity. Friendship. Love. Thinking carefully. Being kind. Causing as little unnecessary suffering as possible.

    And pleasure. Not endless excess, but the quiet, genuine pleasures of being alive.

    Good food. Good coffee. Good conversation. People you love. A comfortable place to sit. A long walk. An afternoon in a park beneath old trees, watching the world happen around you.

    And cats.

    Obviously, cats are divine.

    Perhaps Thor exists. Perhaps Bastet exists. Perhaps they are both busy. Perhaps neither exists in the way people imagine gods exist.

    But when a cat climbs onto my lap, looks at me with ancient and absolute authority, and demands worship in the form of snacks, I feel that the theological evidence is at least worth considering.

    So there you have it.

    I don't know.

    Maybe.

    The creator, if there was one, has probably walked away from their work.

    And in the meantime, I intend to love my friends, sit in parks, drink cocktails, pet cats, think deeply, be occasionally mischievous, and enjoy this strange little bit of existence while I've got it.

    That seems quite enough theology for one lifetime. 💜🌳🐈✨

    #Epicurean #Agnostic #Deist #Epicureanism #Philosophy #Ataraxia #SimplePleasures #CatsAreDivine #Bastet #Thor #Kindness

  2. CW: CW: a little philosophy, existential shrugging, and cats claiming divine authority.

    I am an Epicurean agnostic deist.

    Which sounds terribly complicated, but is actually quite simple.

    I don't know whether there is a God, or several. Maybe there is. Maybe there isn't. I don't really know, and (this is the important bit) I don't particularly feel the need to know.

    The universe is under no obligation to explain itself to me, and I am under no obligation to invent certainty where none is available.

    But if there is a creator, I imagine them rather like an author who finished an enormous, complicated, occasionally beautiful manuscript, put down their pen, and walked away.

    The work continues. The characters are on their own. The author is not popping back in every five minutes to rearrange the furniture, punish someone for wearing the wrong trousers, or decide which football team deserves divine favour.

    And the Epicurean part?

    That may be the most important bit of all.

    I don't believe in living in fear. Not of gods. Not of death. Not of punishment. Not of some cosmic headteacher waiting to tell me I've been very naughty indeed. Been there, done that, minus the cosmic part. ;)

    I believe in tranquillity. Friendship. Love. Thinking carefully. Being kind. Causing as little unnecessary suffering as possible.

    And pleasure. Not endless excess, but the quiet, genuine pleasures of being alive.

    Good food. Good coffee. Good conversation. People you love. A comfortable place to sit. A long walk. An afternoon in a park beneath old trees, watching the world happen around you.

    And cats.

    Obviously, cats are divine.

    Perhaps Thor exists. Perhaps Bastet exists. Perhaps they are both busy. Perhaps neither exists in the way people imagine gods exist.

    But when a cat climbs onto my lap, looks at me with ancient and absolute authority, and demands worship in the form of snacks, I feel that the theological evidence is at least worth considering.

    So there you have it.

    I don't know.

    Maybe.

    The creator, if there was one, has probably walked away from their work.

    And in the meantime, I intend to love my friends, sit in parks, drink cocktails, pet cats, think deeply, be occasionally mischievous, and enjoy this strange little bit of existence while I've got it.

    That seems quite enough theology for one lifetime. 💜🌳🐈✨

    #Epicurean #Agnostic #Deist #Epicureanism #Philosophy #Ataraxia #SimplePleasures #CatsAreDivine #Bastet #Thor #Kindness

  3. CW: CW: a little philosophy, existential shrugging, and cats claiming divine authority.

    I am an Epicurean agnostic deist.

    Which sounds terribly complicated, but is actually quite simple.

    I don't know whether there is a God, or several. Maybe there is. Maybe there isn't. I don't really know, and (this is the important bit) I don't particularly feel the need to know.

    The universe is under no obligation to explain itself to me, and I am under no obligation to invent certainty where none is available.

    But if there is a creator, I imagine them rather like an author who finished an enormous, complicated, occasionally beautiful manuscript, put down their pen, and walked away.

    The work continues. The characters are on their own. The author is not popping back in every five minutes to rearrange the furniture, punish someone for wearing the wrong trousers, or decide which football team deserves divine favour.

    And the Epicurean part?

    That may be the most important bit of all.

    I don't believe in living in fear. Not of gods. Not of death. Not of punishment. Not of some cosmic headteacher waiting to tell me I've been very naughty indeed. Been there, done that, minus the cosmic part. ;)

    I believe in tranquillity. Friendship. Love. Thinking carefully. Being kind. Causing as little unnecessary suffering as possible.

    And pleasure. Not endless excess, but the quiet, genuine pleasures of being alive.

    Good food. Good coffee. Good conversation. People you love. A comfortable place to sit. A long walk. An afternoon in a park beneath old trees, watching the world happen around you.

    And cats.

    Obviously, cats are divine.

    Perhaps Thor exists. Perhaps Bastet exists. Perhaps they are both busy. Perhaps neither exists in the way people imagine gods exist.

    But when a cat climbs onto my lap, looks at me with ancient and absolute authority, and demands worship in the form of snacks, I feel that the theological evidence is at least worth considering.

    So there you have it.

    I don't know.

    Maybe.

    The creator, if there was one, has probably walked away from their work.

    And in the meantime, I intend to love my friends, sit in parks, drink cocktails, pet cats, think deeply, be occasionally mischievous, and enjoy this strange little bit of existence while I've got it.

    That seems quite enough theology for one lifetime. 💜🌳🐈✨

    #Epicurean #Agnostic #Deist #Epicureanism #Philosophy #Ataraxia #SimplePleasures #CatsAreDivine #Bastet #Thor #Kindness

  4. CW: CW: a little philosophy, existential shrugging, and cats claiming divine authority.

    I am an Epicurean agnostic deist.

    Which sounds terribly complicated, but is actually quite simple.

    I don't know whether there is a God, or several. Maybe there is. Maybe there isn't. I don't really know, and (this is the important bit) I don't particularly feel the need to know.

    The universe is under no obligation to explain itself to me, and I am under no obligation to invent certainty where none is available.

    But if there is a creator, I imagine them rather like an author who finished an enormous, complicated, occasionally beautiful manuscript, put down their pen, and walked away.

    The work continues. The characters are on their own. The author is not popping back in every five minutes to rearrange the furniture, punish someone for wearing the wrong trousers, or decide which football team deserves divine favour.

    And the Epicurean part?

    That may be the most important bit of all.

    I don't believe in living in fear. Not of gods. Not of death. Not of punishment. Not of some cosmic headteacher waiting to tell me I've been very naughty indeed. Been there, done that, minus the cosmic part. ;)

    I believe in tranquillity. Friendship. Love. Thinking carefully. Being kind. Causing as little unnecessary suffering as possible.

    And pleasure. Not endless excess, but the quiet, genuine pleasures of being alive.

    Good food. Good coffee. Good conversation. People you love. A comfortable place to sit. A long walk. An afternoon in a park beneath old trees, watching the world happen around you.

    And cats.

    Obviously, cats are divine.

    Perhaps Thor exists. Perhaps Bastet exists. Perhaps they are both busy. Perhaps neither exists in the way people imagine gods exist.

    But when a cat climbs onto my lap, looks at me with ancient and absolute authority, and demands worship in the form of snacks, I feel that the theological evidence is at least worth considering.

    So there you have it.

    I don't know.

    Maybe.

    The creator, if there was one, has probably walked away from their work.

    And in the meantime, I intend to love my friends, sit in parks, drink cocktails, pet cats, think deeply, be occasionally mischievous, and enjoy this strange little bit of existence while I've got it.

    That seems quite enough theology for one lifetime. 💜🌳🐈✨

    #Epicurean #Agnostic #Deist #Epicureanism #Philosophy #Ataraxia #SimplePleasures #CatsAreDivine #Bastet #Thor #Kindness

  5. Heidegger wrote in German. The world mostly doesn't. Something happens in transit — and that something turns out to matter philosophically. This is a thinking-aloud piece: no footnotes were harmed in its making.

    somatichermeneutics.substack.c

    #philosophy #heidegger #Stoicism #Epicurean #Schopenhauer

  6. Heidegger wrote in German. The world mostly doesn't. Something happens in transit — and that something turns out to matter philosophically. This is a thinking-aloud piece: no footnotes were harmed in its making.

    somatichermeneutics.substack.c

    #philosophy #heidegger #Stoicism #Epicurean #Schopenhauer

  7. Heidegger wrote in German. The world mostly doesn't. Something happens in transit — and that something turns out to matter philosophically. This is a thinking-aloud piece: no footnotes were harmed in its making.

    somatichermeneutics.substack.c

    #philosophy #heidegger #Stoicism #Epicurean #Schopenhauer

  8. Heidegger wrote in German. The world mostly doesn't. Something happens in transit — and that something turns out to matter philosophically. This is a thinking-aloud piece: no footnotes were harmed in its making.

    somatichermeneutics.substack.c

    #philosophy #heidegger #Stoicism #Epicurean #Schopenhauer

  9. Heidegger wrote in German. The world mostly doesn't. Something happens in transit — and that something turns out to matter philosophically. This is a thinking-aloud piece: no footnotes were harmed in its making.

    somatichermeneutics.substack.c

    #philosophy #heidegger #Stoicism #Epicurean #Schopenhauer

  10. More on dessert experiments.

    To keep one’s sanity amid the Trump/GOP chaos and corruption, one has to do small and enjoyable things.

    To this end, I continued my experiment with the old English dessert called Syllabub. As a reminder it was originally a confection made with cream and sweet white wine.

    On this 4th experiment I used fresh squeezed Cara Cara orange juice along with the heavy whipping cream and sugar, all whipped together for about 5 minutes with a hand blender.

    So far, I’ve experimented with Sauvignon Blank, Meyer Lemons, Limes, and now Cara Cara oranges. In each experiment the Syllabub topped fresh berries.

    My wife and I definitely prefer the citrus over the wine version.

    #Dessert #Food #Epicurean

  11. More on dessert experiments.

    To keep one’s sanity amid the Trump/GOP chaos and corruption, one has to do small and enjoyable things.

    To this end, I continued my experiment with the old English dessert called Syllabub. As a reminder it was originally a confection made with cream and sweet white wine.

    On this 4th experiment I used fresh squeezed Cara Cara orange juice along with the heavy whipping cream and sugar, all whipped together for about 5 minutes with a hand blender.

    So far, I’ve experimented with Sauvignon Blank, Meyer Lemons, Limes, and now Cara Cara oranges. In each experiment the Syllabub topped fresh berries.

    My wife and I definitely prefer the citrus over the wine version.

    #Dessert #Food #Epicurean

  12. More on dessert experiments.

    To keep one’s sanity amid the Trump/GOP chaos and corruption, one has to do small and enjoyable things.

    To this end, I continued my experiment with the old English dessert called Syllabub. As a reminder it was originally a confection made with cream and sweet white wine.

    On this 4th experiment I used fresh squeezed Cara Cara orange juice along with the heavy whipping cream and sugar, all whipped together for about 5 minutes with a hand blender.

    So far, I’ve experimented with Sauvignon Blank, Meyer Lemons, Limes, and now Cara Cara oranges. In each experiment the Syllabub topped fresh berries.

    My wife and I definitely prefer the citrus over the wine version.

    #Dessert #Food #Epicurean

  13. More on dessert experiments.

    To keep one’s sanity amid the Trump/GOP chaos and corruption, one has to do small and enjoyable things.

    To this end, I continued my experiment with the old English dessert called Syllabub. As a reminder it was originally a confection made with cream and sweet white wine.

    On this 4th experiment I used fresh squeezed Cara Cara orange juice along with the heavy whipping cream and sugar, all whipped together for about 5 minutes with a hand blender.

    So far, I’ve experimented with Sauvignon Blank, Meyer Lemons, Limes, and now Cara Cara oranges. In each experiment the Syllabub topped fresh berries.

    My wife and I definitely prefer the citrus over the wine version.

    #Dessert #Food #Epicurean

  14. More on dessert experiments.

    To keep one’s sanity amid the Trump/GOP chaos and corruption, one has to do small and enjoyable things.

    To this end, I continued my experiment with the old English dessert called Syllabub. As a reminder it was originally a confection made with cream and sweet white wine.

    On this 4th experiment I used fresh squeezed Cara Cara orange juice along with the heavy whipping cream and sugar, all whipped together for about 5 minutes with a hand blender.

    So far, I’ve experimented with Sauvignon Blank, Meyer Lemons, Limes, and now Cara Cara oranges. In each experiment the Syllabub topped fresh berries.

    My wife and I definitely prefer the citrus over the wine version.

    #Dessert #Food #Epicurean

  15. On something fun and enjoyable for a change, dessert.

    Over the last two weekends we tried the old English whipped cream dessert called Syllabub. I found it referenced in a novel I read recently. It is very quick and easy to make and traditionally includes heavy whipping cream, white wine, and sugar.

    The wine and sugar are mixed to partially dissolve the sugar, then mixed with the heavy whipping cream, and then whipped with a hand or other electric mixer. It is then placed over something like fresh berries.

    We made it on three different days and varied the liquid and the sugar amount. For the first we used a Sauvignon Blanc. For the second we used squeezed Meyer Lemon, and for the third we used squeezed Limes.

    We seem to like the lemon or lime variation better than with wine. For the berries we used fresh chilled Raspberries, Blackberries, and Blueberries.

    #Food #Dessert #Epicurean #Recipe

  16. On something fun and enjoyable for a change, dessert.

    Over the last two weekends we tried the old English whipped cream dessert called Syllabub. I found it referenced in a novel I read recently. It is very quick and easy to make and traditionally includes heavy whipping cream, white wine, and sugar.

    The wine and sugar are mixed to partially dissolve the sugar, then mixed with the heavy whipping cream, and then whipped with a hand or other electric mixer. It is then placed over something like fresh berries.

    We made it on three different days and varied the liquid and the sugar amount. For the first we used a Sauvignon Blanc. For the second we used squeezed Meyer Lemon, and for the third we used squeezed Limes.

    We seem to like the lemon or lime variation better than with wine. For the berries we used fresh chilled Raspberries, Blackberries, and Blueberries.

    #Food #Dessert #Epicurean #Recipe

  17. On something fun and enjoyable for a change, dessert.

    Over the last two weekends we tried the old English whipped cream dessert called Syllabub. I found it referenced in a novel I read recently. It is very quick and easy to make and traditionally includes heavy whipping cream, white wine, and sugar.

    The wine and sugar are mixed to partially dissolve the sugar, then mixed with the heavy whipping cream, and then whipped with a hand or other electric mixer. It is then placed over something like fresh berries.

    We made it on three different days and varied the liquid and the sugar amount. For the first we used a Sauvignon Blanc. For the second we used squeezed Meyer Lemon, and for the third we used squeezed Limes.

    We seem to like the lemon or lime variation better than with wine. For the berries we used fresh chilled Raspberries, Blackberries, and Blueberries.

    #Food #Dessert #Epicurean #Recipe

  18. On something fun and enjoyable for a change, dessert.

    Over the last two weekends we tried the old English whipped cream dessert called Syllabub. I found it referenced in a novel I read recently. It is very quick and easy to make and traditionally includes heavy whipping cream, white wine, and sugar.

    The wine and sugar are mixed to partially dissolve the sugar, then mixed with the heavy whipping cream, and then whipped with a hand or other electric mixer. It is then placed over something like fresh berries.

    We made it on three different days and varied the liquid and the sugar amount. For the first we used a Sauvignon Blanc. For the second we used squeezed Meyer Lemon, and for the third we used squeezed Limes.

    We seem to like the lemon or lime variation better than with wine. For the berries we used fresh chilled Raspberries, Blackberries, and Blueberries.

    #Food #Dessert #Epicurean #Recipe

  19. On something fun and enjoyable for a change, dessert.

    Over the last two weekends we tried the old English whipped cream dessert called Syllabub. I found it referenced in a novel I read recently. It is very quick and easy to make and traditionally includes heavy whipping cream, white wine, and sugar.

    The wine and sugar are mixed to partially dissolve the sugar, then mixed with the heavy whipping cream, and then whipped with a hand or other electric mixer. It is then placed over something like fresh berries.

    We made it on three different days and varied the liquid and the sugar amount. For the first we used a Sauvignon Blanc. For the second we used squeezed Meyer Lemon, and for the third we used squeezed Limes.

    We seem to like the lemon or lime variation better than with wine. For the berries we used fresh chilled Raspberries, Blackberries, and Blueberries.

    #Food #Dessert #Epicurean #Recipe

  20. @clacksee @bookstodon if it is rolling a may take a flying fsck at it #epicurean dlites

  21. @clacksee @bookstodon if it is rolling a may take a flying fsck at it #epicurean dlites

  22. @clacksee @bookstodon if it is rolling a may take a flying fsck at it #epicurean dlites

  23. @clacksee @bookstodon if it is rolling a may take a flying fsck at it #epicurean dlites

  24. Starting a new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Cicero's work On The Nature Of The Gods, which places an Epicurean, a Stoic, and a Skeptic into dialogue. Here's the first

    soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/
    #Podcast #Cicero #Epicurean #Stoic #Skeptic #Philosophy #Gods #Dialogue

  25. Starting a new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Cicero's work On The Nature Of The Gods, which places an Epicurean, a Stoic, and a Skeptic into dialogue. Here's the first

    soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/
    #Podcast #Cicero #Epicurean #Stoic #Skeptic #Philosophy #Gods #Dialogue

  26. Starting a new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Cicero's work On The Nature Of The Gods, which places an Epicurean, a Stoic, and a Skeptic into dialogue. Here's the first

    soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/
    #Podcast #Cicero #Epicurean #Stoic #Skeptic #Philosophy #Gods #Dialogue

  27. Starting a new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Cicero's work On The Nature Of The Gods, which places an Epicurean, a Stoic, and a Skeptic into dialogue. Here's the first

    soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/
    #Podcast #Cicero #Epicurean #Stoic #Skeptic #Philosophy #Gods #Dialogue

  28. Starting a new set of Sadler's Lectures podcast episodes on Cicero's work On The Nature Of The Gods, which places an Epicurean, a Stoic, and a Skeptic into dialogue. Here's the first

    soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/
    #Podcast #Cicero #Epicurean #Stoic #Skeptic #Philosophy #Gods #Dialogue

  29. The Colorado Club Saloon (new on Pearl Street) is worth checking out: katejonuska.com/2024/06/28/the.

    The non-alcoholic cocktails and Shrimp and Grits is quite good.

    #epicurean

  30. The Colorado Club Saloon (new on Pearl Street) is worth checking out: katejonuska.com/2024/06/28/the.

    The non-alcoholic cocktails and Shrimp and Grits is quite good.

    #epicurean

  31. The Colorado Club Saloon (new on Pearl Street) is worth checking out: katejonuska.com/2024/06/28/the.

    The non-alcoholic cocktails and Shrimp and Grits is quite good.

    #epicurean

  32. If you're interested in studying classical Epicurean philosophy, where do you start? Here's a page with recommendations of which ancient authors to go to, giving reasons for each of them

    gregorybsadler.substack.com/p/
    #Texts #Philosophy #Reading #Recommendations #Epicurus #Epicurean