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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 30
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 15, 2023 at 9:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
- shahabgh66
January 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
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January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
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August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
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February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
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March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12
- Cassius
February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7
- Cassius
November 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM
- Cassius
December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
- Cassius
December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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Major Observations and Conclusions of Epicurean Philosophy - An Outline
- Cassius
September 14, 2015 at 9:13 PM
- Cassius
September 14, 2015 at 9:13 PM
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Doubt is Unpleasant, But It's Not Your Worst Enemy
- Cassius
December 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM
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December 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM
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Outlines and More Outlines - "The main heads [to which] we must continually return..."
- Cassius
January 30, 2016 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
January 30, 2016 at 9:43 AM
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The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model
- Cassius
February 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM
- Cassius
February 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM
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Top Problematic Attitude and “Life Premise” Issues Made Worse By Stoicism and Cured by Epicurean Philosophy
- Cassius
February 18, 2017 at 3:40 PM
- Cassius
February 18, 2017 at 3:40 PM
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You Have Been Deceived!
- Cassius
February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
- Cassius
February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
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Welcome To EpicureanFriends.com!
- Cassius
June 18, 2017 at 1:04 PM
- Cassius
June 18, 2017 at 1:04 PM
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A Seasonal Poem - "Fake News"
- Cassius
December 17, 2017 at 8:06 AM
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December 17, 2017 at 8:06 AM
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A Hypothetical To Assist Self-Awareness And Understanding - "Which Shall It Be?" 1
- Cassius
February 3, 2018 at 10:32 AM
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February 6, 2018 at 2:24 PM
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"Philosophize This" - A Statement of the Position That Ataraxia is "True Pleasure" and that Epicureans Should Have No Ambitions Other than to Remove the Desire For Ambition - Your Focus is the Complete Removal of Pain - Agree or Disagree?
- Cassius
February 14, 2018 at 8:49 AM
- Cassius
February 14, 2018 at 8:49 AM
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A Question of Lives - Which Is To Be Preferred?
- Cassius
February 24, 2018 at 10:26 AM
- Cassius
February 24, 2018 at 10:26 AM
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Principles of Interpretation - (Observation by Collingwood) 2
- Cassius
February 28, 2018 at 1:42 PM
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February 28, 2018 at 5:15 PM
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The UK / Count Dankula Verdict
- Cassius
March 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM
- Cassius
March 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM
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On the associations between Virtue and Pleasure and my Epicurean Write up 1
- Eoghan Gardiner
March 27, 2018 at 4:43 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
March 27, 2018 at 7:56 AM
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Responses to Nussbaum's Criticism That Epicureanism Is Not A Real Philosophy; That Epicureanism Numbs Intellect And Critical Thinking 1
- Cassius
April 12, 2018 at 6:18 AM
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April 12, 2018 at 6:37 AM
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Elena Nicoli - An Excellent Presentation On Epicurean Pleasure 11
- Cassius
April 16, 2018 at 4:18 PM
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May 7, 2018 at 10:50 AM
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Epicurean Freedom. Enslavement by culture. The mob. 15
- Harrington Andros
April 19, 2018 at 12:42 PM
- Harrington Andros
May 14, 2018 at 12:11 PM
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Illusions and Trusting the Senses - An Example
- Cassius
May 16, 2018 at 9:59 AM
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May 16, 2018 at 9:59 AM
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Some Epicurean conclusions 7
- Stan85
May 19, 2018 at 7:23 PM
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May 25, 2018 at 4:38 AM
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The dark Epicureanism in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 7
- Stan85
May 24, 2018 at 10:57 PM
- Stan85
December 2, 2023 at 6:27 AM
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Reading Recommendations for "Normies"
- Cassius
July 10, 2018 at 9:47 AM
- Cassius
July 10, 2018 at 9:47 AM
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Let's Plan a Recorded Discussion on "Hard Topics In Epicurean Philosophy" or "Why Should I Care About XXX In Epicurean Philosophy" 2
- Cassius
September 1, 2018 at 8:05 PM
- Cassius
September 3, 2018 at 9:22 AM
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Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2
- Hiram
September 18, 2018 at 10:43 AM
- Hiram
September 18, 2018 at 1:23 PM
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Star Conclusions of Epicurean Theory 1
- Cassius
October 24, 2018 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
October 26, 2018 at 7:10 PM
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A Five Star Presentation of Epicurus
- Cassius
October 28, 2018 at 5:55 PM
- Cassius
October 28, 2018 at 5:55 PM
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A Man’s Neighbor And His Dog (PDs' 32 & 39 &40)
- Elli
November 5, 2018 at 10:36 AM
- Elli
November 5, 2018 at 10:36 AM
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Society of Epicurus now has a sub-reddit 1
- Hiram
November 9, 2018 at 12:20 PM
- Hiram
November 9, 2018 at 1:54 PM
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Christos Yapijakis: "Epicurean Philosophy, Modern Science, and Life" - A Presentation With Question / Answer Session.
- Cassius
November 24, 2018 at 4:55 PM
- Cassius
November 24, 2018 at 4:55 PM
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Can You Suggest A Reading List For New Students of Epicurus? 9
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 11:46 AM
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 10:46 PM
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Test Thread - Please Use This Thread for Test Posts 2
- jbaker
December 17, 2018 at 2:08 PM
- jbaker
December 17, 2018 at 2:10 PM
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