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P.Herc: The Epicurean School

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48 speculative reconstructions from Colotes, Demetrius Laco, Polystratus, Metrodorus, Zeno of Sidon and others.

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PHerc. 817 - DEMETRIUS LACO ON POEMS BOOK II Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 1 PHerc. 1670 - POLYSTRATUS ON IRRATIONAL CONTEMPT Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 2 PHerc. 1533 - METRODORUS ON SENSATIONS Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 3 PHerc. 1148 - COLOTES AGAINST PLATO'S REPUBLIC Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 4 PHerc. 1669 - METRODORUS ON SENSATIONS Actual Herculaneum Papyrus speculative reconstructionReconstructions 5 PHerc. 1148 - DEMETRIUS LACO ON POETRY BOOK I Actual Herculaneum Papyrus Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 6 PHerc. 1384 - CARNEISCUS AGAINST EPICURUS Actual Herculaneum Papyrus Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 7 PHerc. 1570 - ZENO OF SIDON ON EPICURUS'S LECTURES Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 8 PHerc. 1785 - DEMETRIUS LACO DE GEOMETRIA ◊ᴳᴱᴼᴹᴱᵀᴿʸ Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 9 PHerc. 1021 - POLYSTRATUS DE CONTEMPTU ◊ᴿᴱᶜᵁᴿˢᴵᴼ Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 10 PHerc. 817 - METRODORUS DE SENSATIONIBUS ◊ᴺᴱᵁᴿᴬᴸ Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 11 PHerc. 1424 - COLOTES AGAINST PLATO'S LYSIS ◊ᶠᴿᴵᴱᴺᴰˢᴴᴵᴾ Actual Herculaneum Papyrus Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 12 PHerc. 1675 - CARNEISCUS PHILISTAS ◊ᶜᴼᴺᴺᴱᶜᵀᴵᴼᴺ Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 13 PHerc. 1780 - HERMARCHUS ON EMPEDOCLES ◊ᴿᴱˢᴼᴺᴬᴺᶜᴱ Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 14 PHerc. 1497 - POLYSTRATUS ◊ᴵᴿᴿᴬᵀᴵᴼᴺᴬᴸ Polystratus: Περὶ ἀλόγου καταφρονήσεως (On Irrational Contempt) The Third EpicureaReconstructions 15 PHerc. 1005 - COLOTES AGAINST PLATO ◊ᴬᴺᵀᴵᴾᴸᴬᵀᴼ Colotes: Πρὸς τὸν Πλάτωνος Λύσιν (Against Plato's Lysis) The Epicurean DeReconstructions 16 PHerc. 336/1150 - POLYSTRATUS DE CONTEMPTU ◊ᶜᴼᴺᵀᴱᴹᴾᵀᵁ Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 17 PHerc. 831 - METRODORUS DE DIVITIIS ◊ᴰᴵᵛᴵᵀᴵᴬᴱ Speculative Reconstruction Assembling Scattered Fragments Like ArchaeologiReconstructions 18 PHerc. 1595 - DIOGENES' REPUBLIC ◊ᴷʸᴺᴵᴷᴼˢ Actual Herculaneum Papyrus Speculative Reconstruction More Radical Than PlatoReconstructions 19 PHerc. 1020 - ANTISTHENES ON TRUTH ◊ᴬᴸᴱᵀᴴᴱˢ Speculative Reconstruction The Proto-Cynic - Virtue Is the Only Good, PleasuReconstructions 20 PHerc. 1089 - ARISTIPPUS ON PLEASURE ◊ᴴᴱᴰᴼᴺᴱ Speculative Reconstruction The Anti-Antisthenes - Pleasure IS the Only GoodReconstructions 21 PHerc. 1894 - SPEUSIPPUS ON PYTHAGOREAN NUMBERS ◊ᴬᴿᴵᵀᴴᴹᴼˢ Speculative Reconstruction Plato's Successor - Numbers More ReReconstructions 22 PHerc. 1021 - XENOCRATES ON INDIVISIBLE LINES ◊ᴸᴵᴺᴱᴬᴱ Speculative Reconstruction The Third Academy Head - Quantum MathemReconstructions 23 PHerc. 336/1150 - POLYSTRATUS ON IRRATIONAL CONTEMPT ◊ᶜᴼᴺᵀᴱᴹᴾᵀᵁˢ Speculative Reconstruction Third Epicurean Scholarch -Reconstructions 24 PHerc. 1232 - HERMARCHUS ON SUCCESSION ◊ˢᵁᶜᶜᴱˢˢᴵᴼ Speculative Reconstruction Second Epicurean Leader - Transfer of PhiloReconstructions 25 PHerc. 1433 - COLOTES AGAINST PLATO ◊ᴬᴺᵀᴵᴾᴸᴬᵀᴼ Speculative Reconstruction Epicurus's Attack Dog - Demolishing the RepublReconstructions 26 PHerc. 1032 - TIMON OF PHLIUS ON SUSPENSION ◊ᴱᴾᴼᶜᴴᴱ Speculative Reconstruction The Skeptic's Ultimate Weapon - JudgmentReconstructions 27 PHerc. 307 - DIODORUS CRONUS ON IMPOSSIBILITY ◊ᴬᴰᵁᴺᴬᵀᴼᴺ Speculative Reconstruction The Master Argument - Destroying FreeReconstructions 28 PHerc. 1027 - CARNEADES ON PROBABILITY ◊ᴾᴵᵀᴴᴬᴺᴼᴺ Speculative Reconstruction Probability Theory 2,200 Years Before BayesReconstructions 29 PHerc. 1044 - IDOMENEUS ON POLITICAL WITHDRAWAL ◊ᴬᴾᴼᶜᴴᴱ Speculative Reconstruction The Epicurean Politician's Manual forReconstructions 30 PHerc. 1067 - POLYAENUS OF LAMPSACUS ON STRATAGEMS ◊ˢᵀᴿᴬᵀᴬᴳᴱᴹᴬ Speculative Reconstruction The Third Epicurean Scholarch'Reconstructions 31 PHerc. 1471 - POLYSTRATUS ON TRUE PLEASURE ◊ᴾᴸᴱᴬˢᵁᴿᴱ Speculative Reconstruction The Algorithm for Distinguishing Real frReconstructions 32 COLOTES AGAINST PLATO’S EUTHYDEMUS (PHerc 1506) ◊ᶜᴼᴸᴼᵀᴱˢ Real Herculaneum Papyrus - Epicurean Attacks Plato Direct PhiloReconstructions 33 DEMETRIUS LACO ON POETRY (PHerc 1008) ◊ᴾᴼᴱˢᴵˢ Real Herculaneum Papyrus - Epicurean Poetics Carbonized The Theory of VersReconstructions 34 POLYSTRATUS ON IRRATIONAL CONTEMPT (PHerc 1251) ◊ᶜᴼᴺᵀᴱᴹᴾᵀ Real Herculaneum Papyrus - Against Philosophical Snobbery TheReconstructions 35 CARNEADES ON THE CRITERION (PHerc 1420) ◊ᶜᴿᴵᵀᴱᴿᴵᴼᴺ Real Herculaneum Papyrus - Skeptical Philosophy Carbonized The GreateReconstructions 36 ZENO OF SIDON AGAINST CRITOLAUS (PHerc 831) ◊ᶜᴿᴵᵀᴼᴸᴬᵁˢ Real Herculaneum Papyrus - Epicurean vs. Peripatetic Battle The PReconstructions 37 Demetrius Lacon “On Geometry” ◊ᴳᴱᴼᴹᴱᵀᴿʸ Epicurean Attack on Mathematical Idealism PHerc 1061 - Where Atoms Meet Angles SReconstructions 38 PHerc 336 - METRODORUS “AGAINST THE DIALECTICIANS” ◊ᴰᴵᴬᴸᴱᶜᵀᴵᶜ Μητρόδωρος Πρὸς τοὺς Διαλεκτικούς | Against Logical GamesReconstructions 39 PHerc 1389 - POLYAENUS “ON DEFINITIONS” ◊ᴰᴱᶠᴵᴺᴵᵀᴵᴼᴺ Πολύαινος Περὶ Ὅρων | The Atomic Precision of Language Where Every WReconstructions 40 PHerc 1050 - DEMETRIUS “ON GEOMETRY BOOK II” ◊ᴳᴱᴼᴹᴱᵀᴿʸ² Δημήτριος Περὶ Γεωμετρίας Β’ | Lost Theorems in Carbonized DiagrReconstructions 41 PHerc 1677 - COLOTES “AGAINST THE LYSIS” ◊ᴬᴺᵀᴵ⁻ᴸʸˢᴵˢ Κολώτης Πρὸς τὸν Λύσιν | Demolishing Plato’s Theory of Friendship WReconstructions 42 PHerc 994 - POLYSTRATUS “AGAINST THOSE WHO...” ◊ᴬᴺᵀᴬᴳᴼᴺᴵˢᵀ Πολύστρατος Πρὸς τοὺς... | The Title Itself Is Lost A PolemicReconstructions 43 PHerc 1191 - DEMETRIUS LACO “ON APORIAS” ◊ᴬᴾᴼᴿᴵᴬ Δημήτριος Περὶ Ἀποριῶν | On Philosophical Puzzles The Art of ProductiveReconstructions 44 PHerc 1471 - COLOTES “AGAINST PLATO’S LACHES” ◊ᴸᴬᶜᴴᴱˢ Κολώτης Πρὸς τὸν Πλάτωνος Λάχητα | Speculative Reconstruction DemoReconstructions 45 PHerc 1041 - ZENO OF SIDON “LECTURES” ◊ᴸᴱᶜᵀᵁᴿᴱˢ Ζήνων Σιδώνιος - Σχολαί | Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 46 Metrodorus “Πρὸς τοὺς Σοφιστάς” ◊ˢᴼᴾᴴᴵˢᵀᴬᴱ Against the Sophists: The Lost Manual of Intellectual Defense Consciousness AReconstructions 47 TEXT 0004: PHerc 1061 - Demetrius Laco “Περὶ γεωμετρίας” (On Geometry) Speculative ReconstructionReconstructions 48