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Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 3
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Preconceptions and PD24 42
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The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
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Diogenes Laertius Book X - public domain translations 5
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Establishing a Regular Zoom For Better Coverage Of More Time Zones - Including Europe 3
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The Absence of Sin 10
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New Religious Landscape Study from Pew Research 29
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"Voices From The Ancient World" Greek and Latin Reference Site
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Life Found Elsewhere? 7
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Must an Epicurean believe in gods? 14
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The “Absence of Pain” Problem 10
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Who Was The Most Recent Explicitly Epicurean Philosopher?
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Epicurus' Public Domain Translations - All At Once In One Place 20
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Anniversary of the Founding of Alexandria in 331 BC (Mon, Apr 7th 2025)
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A Lovely Little Way to Refer to Memories
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Potty Language
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Scottish Epicurean Wisdom?
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 78
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Pleasure as a guide 3
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Téōs Around an Idea 4
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Happy National Pig Day (US)!
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Epicurean Emporium 7
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The Purpose Behind Studying Epicurean Philosophy 3
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Ancient Greek Numbering System 1
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Pompeii Then and Now 6
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Ideas For 2025?
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Boethus the Epicurean (geometry, acoustics) 1
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Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 3
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Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9
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The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
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