Search and Identification of Past Epicureans, Real or Fictional
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Early Epicurean Community - Listing of Known Epicureans Thoughout History 15
- Twentier
May 14, 2021 at 5:09 AM
- Twentier
April 8, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Apion An Epicurean(?) 8
- Cassius
January 20, 2024 at 8:01 AM
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January 25, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Cyrano de Bergerac 9
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January 22, 2022 at 1:10 AM
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Trebatius Testa
- Cassius
October 14, 2023 at 9:50 PM
- Cassius
October 14, 2023 at 9:50 PM
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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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Hercules the Epicurean (?) 6
- Cassius
May 4, 2018 at 6:49 AM
- Cassius
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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
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Famous Epicureans Throughout History (Including Nate's Summary of Historic Epicureans) 1
- Cassius
March 5, 2022 at 5:47 PM
- Cassius
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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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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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Searches On: "Accused of Being An Epicurean" - Manfred, 1232-1266
- Cassius
May 21, 2021 at 9:32 AM
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May 21, 2021 at 9:32 AM
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Article: "The Political Use of Epicureanism in Filelfo's Commentationes Florentinae de exilio" Mariano Vilar
- Cassius
May 21, 2021 at 9:28 AM
- Cassius
May 21, 2021 at 9:28 AM
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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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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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Charles' Glossary and Translations of Obscure Epicurean Books 18
- Charles
January 2, 2020 at 3:33 PM
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"Epicurean Influences On the Enlightenment" - An Article by Dimitris Atlas of the Garden of Thessaloniki 1
- Cassius
November 23, 2018 at 1:49 PM
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January 5, 2020 at 7:45 AM
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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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Cineas the Epicurean 7
- Maciej
February 7, 2018 at 3:52 PM
- Maciej
February 7, 2018 at 6:08 PM
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Would Epicurus say: "Infinite Time contains no more pain than limited time when the limit of pain is measured by reason?" 15
- Cassius
July 20, 2024 at 10:44 PM - General Discussion
- Cassius
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The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5
- kochiekoch
July 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM - General Discussion
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Emily Austin conversation rebroadcast on Next Big Idea! 2
- Don
July 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM - General Discussion
- Don
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"If You Wish To Be An Epicurean, Get Used To Being Called 'Cockeyed'" - or - "Why Vatican Saying 29 Would Make A Good Epicurean Tatoo" 3
- Cassius
July 9, 2024 at 7:57 AM - General Discussion
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Does PD26 imply personal responsibility beyond oneself? 4
- Godfrey
July 11, 2024 at 3:22 PM - PD 26 - Of desires, all that do not lead to a sense of pain...
- Godfrey
July 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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