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    2. Nietzsche As Potentially The Most Well-Known Modern Philosopher With Core Views Parallel With Epicurus

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    2. Sunday March 22, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 265 1

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    2. Good and Bad Desire and Doubt In Epicurean Philosophy

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    2. Epicurus vs Kant and Modern Idealism - Introduction 4

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    2. Welcome ThomasJ54! 3

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    2. Seikilos Poem - Discussion 7

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    2. Self-Reflection to increase happiness and reduce pain

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    2. Nietzsche's "Reason In Philosophy" - Consistent With Epicurus' Defense of the Senses And Criticism Of Otherworldliness?

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    2. Nietzsche's "The Problem Of Socrates" (Consistent With The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates?)

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    2. Episode 325 - EATAQ 07 - The False Platonic Division of The Universe Into A Force Which Causes And That Which The Force Acts Upon 3

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    2. Sunday Zoom - March 15, 2026 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic - Lucretius Book One Starting At Line 265 - Atoms Are Invisible 4

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    2. Tim O'Keefe -- Ouch! 9

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    2. Good article on parenting that has "choice and avoidance" tips for adults too

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    2. Welcome Ludenbergcastle 6

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    2. Episode 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2

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    2. Comparing the Proof Requirements Of James Randi To Those of Epicurus

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    2. Circumstantial (Indirect) and Direct Evidence / Dogmatism vs Skepticism 18

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    2. Welcome Cornelius Peripateticus! (A name we'll consider genericly rather than as being a dedicated Aristotelian!) 11

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    2. Sunday March 8, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 215 - REMEMBER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGE in US

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    2. Sunday March 1, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 184 1

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    2. Episode 323 - EATAQ 05 - The Pre-Epicurean View: Three Divisions of Philosophy And Three Divisions of Goods 2

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    2. Neither "ataraxia" nor "not ataraxia", but "Joy as the goal" 11

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    2. Welcome MCTIMKAT! 3

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    2. Sunday February 22, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 174 4

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      • February 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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    2. Episode 322 - EATAQ 04 - Epicurean Moral Outrage Against Socrates 3

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    2. Happy Twentieth of February 2026!

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    2. An Analogy That Should Live Forever In Infamy Along With His Ridiculous "Cave" Analogy - Socrates' "Second Sailing" 9

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    2. New Graphic: Epicurus vs. Other Major Philosophies

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    2. A Full Comparison of Epicurus vs Aristotle 2

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    2. New Decision Tree: Are You On Team Epicurus?

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    2. "Prayer" vs "Choice and Avoidance" 6

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    2. Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159 7

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    2. Happy Valentine's Day 2026

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    2. 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026 15

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    2. Cognitive Bias and Decision Making

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    2. Media Versions of Diogenes Laertius Life of Epicurus 1

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    2. Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11

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    2. Sunday February 8, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 146

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    2. Episode 320 - EATAQ 02 - Are the Good of A Sheep And The Good of A Man The Same? 2

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    2. Epicurean Virtue 10

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    2. How can writing a will be justified in Epicureanism? 5

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    2. Epicurean Criticism of Socrates (Including Article By Mark Riley)

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    2. New Audio Version of Lucian's Hermotiimus

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    2. Anyone know where to get Epicurean necklaces or rings? 2

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    2. Nietzsche As Potentially The Most Well-Known Modern Philosopher With Core Views Parallel With Epicurus

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    2. Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Not Yet Recorded

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    2. Epicurus vs Kant and Modern Idealism - Introduction 4

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    2. Seikilos Poem - Discussion 7

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    2. Self-Reflection to increase happiness and reduce pain

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