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Episode 219 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. In this episode we continue to address Cicero's attacks on Epicurus' views on pain.
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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 4
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12
- Cassius
February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- Cassius
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
- shahabgh66
January 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
- shahabgh66
January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
- Cassius
December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7
- Cassius
November 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM
- Cassius
December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 30
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 15, 2023 at 9:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM
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Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
- Joshua
February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
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August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Ecclesiastes what insights can we gleam from it? 1
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 6:11 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 6:30 AM
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The dark Epicureanism in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 7
- Stan85
May 24, 2018 at 10:57 PM
- Stan85
December 2, 2023 at 6:27 AM
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Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24
- Cassius
November 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM
- Cassius
November 29, 2023 at 9:56 AM
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Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205
- Todd
December 19, 2022 at 4:34 PM
- Todd
November 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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Inquiry into Eclecticism: Assessing its Benefits to Epicurean Philosophy 16
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 22, 2023 at 3:40 PM
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 26, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving! 10
- Don
November 23, 2023 at 9:55 AM
- Don
November 25, 2023 at 4:52 AM
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Ioannis Stratakis (Podium Arts) releases Letter to Menoeceus!! 3
- Don
November 23, 2023 at 1:12 PM
- Don
November 23, 2023 at 7:07 PM
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Temporary Forum Outage - Now Resolved If You Are Reading This!
- Cassius
November 22, 2023 at 11:37 AM
- Cassius
November 22, 2023 at 11:37 AM
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Biography Entries
- Cassius
November 20, 2023 at 3:29 PM
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November 20, 2023 at 3:29 PM
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Iphigenia (1977 Movie) 1
- Cassius
November 19, 2023 at 4:40 PM
- Cassius
November 19, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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Renderings of Epicurean Philosophers by Genevra Catalano (2022-2023) 14
- Twentier
November 16, 2023 at 10:30 AM
- Twentier
November 18, 2023 at 5:34 PM
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, XI.5; & Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, III.6 8
- Don
November 10, 2023 at 7:47 AM
- Don
November 11, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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The Philosophy vs. Science Debate 6
- Cassius
November 8, 2023 at 9:55 AM
- Cassius
November 8, 2023 at 9:21 PM
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Updated TimeTable of the Epicurean World 25
- Cassius
November 4, 2023 at 3:45 PM
- Cassius
November 6, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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The Suda, 10th Century Byzantine Encyclopedia 2
- Don
November 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM
- Don
November 6, 2023 at 8:54 AM
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Article: Chimpanzees observed using human-like warfare tactic 1
- Kalosyni
November 2, 2023 at 7:09 PM
- Kalosyni
November 2, 2023 at 7:56 PM
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In Memoriam T. Lucretii Cari 6
- Joshua
October 15, 2023 at 2:35 PM
- Joshua
October 31, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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Greek Atomism and subatomic particles. 'Atomos' and 'Ameres' 5
- TauPhi
October 29, 2023 at 11:26 PM
- TauPhi
October 30, 2023 at 11:00 PM
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Chatgpt on how to live the Epicurean life in todays society... overall not great 5
- Eoghan Gardiner
October 23, 2023 at 10:39 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
October 24, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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Explaining Perspectives - Chart Of Whole Organism vs Discrete Feelings
- Cassius
October 17, 2023 at 8:52 AM
- Cassius
October 17, 2023 at 8:52 AM
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If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29
- Cassius
October 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM
- Cassius
October 7, 2023 at 8:22 PM
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Moderation Notice 1
- Joshua
October 5, 2023 at 12:18 AM
- Joshua
October 5, 2023 at 5:15 AM
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The Description of Epicurean Philosophy on Reddit 2
- Kalosyni
September 23, 2023 at 1:22 PM
- Kalosyni
September 23, 2023 at 2:04 PM
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New Front Page "Forum Navigation Map" 5
- Cassius
August 18, 2023 at 1:37 PM
- Cassius
September 13, 2023 at 6:10 PM
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Year Calculations 1
- Cassius
September 4, 2023 at 8:09 AM
- Cassius
September 4, 2023 at 8:21 AM
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"All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation"
- Cassius
September 2, 2023 at 12:29 PM
- Cassius
September 2, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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The Temple of Venus Genetrix 5
- Joshua
August 28, 2023 at 9:58 PM
- Joshua
August 29, 2023 at 10:06 AM
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A Sense of Guilt Among the Early Greeks? (C. S. Lewis)
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 AM
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 AM
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Let's Make a List of 1) Major Causes of the Decline of Epicurean Philosophy after Lucretius and 2) The Obstacles to its Revival Through Today 21
- Kalosyni
August 20, 2023 at 1:02 PM
- Kalosyni
August 25, 2023 at 2:20 PM
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Convincing Demonstrations of the God(s) 1
- Twentier
August 22, 2023 at 2:34 PM
- Twentier
August 23, 2023 at 5:36 AM
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