Search and Identification of Past Epicureans, Real or Fictional

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    2. Early Epicurean Community - Listing of Known Epicureans Thoughout History 16

      • Eikadistes
      • May 14, 2021 at 5:09 AM
      • Eikadistes
      • April 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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    4. Bryan

      April 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM

    2. Did the Ancient Epicureans Travel in Pairs? 1

      • Joshua
      • March 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
      • Joshua
      • March 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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    4. Don

      March 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM

    2. Apion An Epicurean(?) 8

      • Cassius
      • January 20, 2024 at 8:01 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM

    2. Cyrano de Bergerac 9

      • Godfrey
      • January 22, 2022 at 1:10 AM
      • Godfrey
      • January 12, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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    4. Don

      January 12, 2024 at 9:16 PM

    2. Trebatius Testa

      • Cassius
      • October 14, 2023 at 9:50 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 14, 2023 at 9:50 PM
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    2. Two papers on Epicureanism in late Republic and early Imperial Rome 1

      • Don
      • July 10, 2023 at 8:00 AM
      • Don
      • July 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 10, 2023 at 9:19 AM

    2. Hercules the Epicurean (?) 6

      • Cassius
      • August 15, 2022 at 6:24 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 15, 2022 at 6:24 PM

    2. Other Epicureans: Dante Alighieri's Friend and Late Foe - Cavalcante de' Cavalcanti & Manente Degli Uberti 6

      • Charles
      • November 24, 2019 at 11:21 PM
      • Charles
      • July 11, 2022 at 8:47 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 11, 2022 at 8:47 PM

    2. Famous Epicureans Throughout History (Including Nate's Summary of Historic Epicureans) 1

      • Cassius
      • March 5, 2022 at 5:50 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 5, 2022 at 5:50 PM

    2. John Tyndall - Address Delivered Before the British Association Assembled At Belfast - 1874 6

      • Joshua
      • October 31, 2021 at 8:43 AM
      • Joshua
      • November 2, 2021 at 5:18 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 2, 2021 at 5:18 PM

    2. Who Was Bernard Mandeville and Was He Truly An Epicurean? 13

      • Cassius
      • August 26, 2021 at 10:37 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 27, 2021 at 11:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 27, 2021 at 11:18 AM

    2. Searches On: "Accused of Being An Epicurean" - Manfred, 1232-1266

      • Cassius
      • May 21, 2021 at 9:32 AM
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    2. Article: "The Political Use of Epicureanism in Filelfo's Commentationes Florentinae de exilio" Mariano Vilar

      • Cassius
      • May 21, 2021 at 9:28 AM
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    2. Request For Suggestions For Entries in This "Epicurean Figures of the Past" Forum 6

      • Cassius
      • September 23, 2020 at 9:41 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 27, 2020 at 6:31 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 27, 2020 at 6:31 PM

    2. Pío Baroja, Spanish Novelist and Epicurean 6

      • Joshua
      • June 2, 2020 at 1:21 PM
      • Joshua
      • June 2, 2020 at 8:18 PM
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    4. Charles

      June 2, 2020 at 8:18 PM

    2. Charles' Glossary and Translations of Obscure Epicurean Books 18

      • Charles
      • January 2, 2020 at 3:33 PM
      • Charles
      • April 14, 2020 at 6:31 PM
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    4. Cassius

      April 14, 2020 at 6:31 PM

    2. "Epicurean Influences On the Enlightenment" - An Article by Dimitris Atlas of the Garden of Thessaloniki 1

      • Cassius
      • November 23, 2018 at 1:49 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 5, 2020 at 7:45 AM
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    4. Mike Anyayahan

      January 5, 2020 at 7:45 AM

    2. Francois Bernier - "Great Partisan of Epicurus"

      • Cassius
      • December 26, 2018 at 8:27 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 26, 2018 at 8:27 AM
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    2. Cineas the Epicurean 7

      • Maciej
      • February 7, 2018 at 3:52 PM
      • Maciej
      • February 7, 2018 at 6:08 PM
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    4. Elli

      February 7, 2018 at 6:08 PM

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