PD 09 - If every pleasure could be intensified so that it...

If every pleasure could be intensified so that it lasted and influenced the whole organism or the most essential parts of our nature, pleasures would never differ from one another.

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    2. Best Translation of PD09 To Feature At EpicureanFriends.com 3

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      • September 10, 2023 at 7:28 AM
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    2. General Discussion of PD09 3

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      • June 16, 2022 at 10:19 AM
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    2. Visualizing Principal Doctrine Nine 1

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    2. Condensed Pleasure 15

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    2. A Discussion of the relevance of PD9 to the katastematic / kinetic distinction

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      • January 28, 2018 at 5:10 PM
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    2. Alternate Translations

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