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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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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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"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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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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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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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion 2
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
May 7, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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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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First Monday Epicurean Philosophy Discussion Hour - Via Zoom 8pm ET (Mon, Jan 1st 2024, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
- Kalosyni
December 29, 2023 at 3:33 PM
- Kalosyni
December 29, 2023 at 3:33 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
- Cassius
November 20, 2023 at 3:29 PM
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Explaining Perspectives - Chart Of Whole Organism vs Discrete Feelings
- Cassius
October 17, 2023 at 8:52 AM
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October 17, 2023 at 8:52 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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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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The Illusory Walls of Safety
- Twentier
August 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM
- Twentier
August 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM
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Ninon de l'Enclos site
- kochiekoch
August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
- kochiekoch
August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
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Happy Athenian New Year! (Wed, Jul 19th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
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The Sliver of the New Moon at Nightfall (Tue, Jul 18th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:32 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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The First New Moon After the Summer Solstice (Mon, Jul 17th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
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Animal Intelligence - Parrots and Videoconferencing
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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Nate's Latest Graphical Calendar of Epicurus' Birthday
- Cassius
May 29, 2023 at 2:15 PM
- Cassius
May 29, 2023 at 2:15 PM
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Elli Quote From Pericles: "And the pleasure which we daily feel in all these things helps us to banish any sorrow."
- Cassius
May 28, 2023 at 9:14 AM
- Cassius
May 28, 2023 at 9:14 AM
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Herculaneum / Philodemus Thoughts From Elli
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:03 AM
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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Early homo sapiens and sociability.
- kochiekoch
May 17, 2023 at 9:42 PM
- kochiekoch
May 17, 2023 at 9:42 PM
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Reminder About The "No Politics" Rule At EpicureanFriends
- Cassius
March 31, 2023 at 12:46 PM
- Cassius
March 31, 2023 at 12:46 PM
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LaMettrie, Anticipations, and Epicurean Thought
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 9:42 AM
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 9:42 AM
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Participation Level February 2023
- Cassius
February 21, 2023 at 10:52 AM
- Cassius
February 21, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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Emily Austin Interview With LucretiusToday Now Available on Youtube
- Cassius
February 4, 2023 at 4:33 PM
- Cassius
February 4, 2023 at 4:33 PM
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Forum Organization Comment
- Cassius
January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
- Cassius
January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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Friendship Commentary By Elli (At Facebook 02/25/23)
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
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Great Post From Holly At Facebook Crediting Motivation From "Living For Pleasure"
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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Living the Epicurean Philosophy
- Kalosyni
January 3, 2023 at 2:56 PM
- Kalosyni
January 3, 2023 at 2:56 PM
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Happy Holidays And End of Year 2022 Thread
- Cassius
December 25, 2022 at 11:44 AM
- Cassius
December 25, 2022 at 11:44 AM
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Research Assistance (Technology)
- Cassius
September 21, 2022 at 11:44 AM
- Cassius
September 21, 2022 at 11:44 AM
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Phantasmatic Shakespeare, by Suparna Roychoudhury
- Joshua
June 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM
- Joshua
June 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM
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Addressing Cicero's Argument That Epicurean Philosophy Cannot Be Spoken In The Senate
- Cassius
June 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM
- Cassius
June 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM
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Nate's Latest Graphic - "Epicurus Cannot Be Wrestled"
- Cassius
May 20, 2022 at 10:39 AM
- Cassius
May 20, 2022 at 10:39 AM
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The "No Need For Nihilism" Proof
- Cassius
October 26, 2021 at 5:07 PM
- Cassius
October 26, 2021 at 5:07 PM
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