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Analysing movies through an Epicurean lens 15
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Names of Bits of Reality 4
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Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 24
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Author and Title of a Herculaneum Scroll Read
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Why pursue unnecessary desires? 74
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Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths
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Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 10
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Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6
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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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"Voices From The Ancient World" Greek and Latin Reference Site
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April 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Life Found Elsewhere? 7
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Diogenes Laertius Book X - public domain translations 5
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Must an Epicurean believe in gods? 14
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The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
- Kalosyni
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The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11
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Who Was The Most Recent Explicitly Epicurean Philosopher?
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Anniversary of the Founding of Alexandria in 331 BC (Mon, Apr 7th 2025)
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Epicurus' Public Domain Translations - All At Once In One Place 20
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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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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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New Religious Landscape Study from Pew Research 29
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The Purpose Behind Studying Epicurean Philosophy 3
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Epicurean Emporium 7
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⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus 51
- michelepinto
March 18, 2021 at 11:59 AM - General Discussion
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Analysing movies through an Epicurean lens 15
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"All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 4
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January 21, 2024 at 11:21 AM - General Discussion
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Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 24
- Cassius
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Pompeii Then and Now 7
- kochiekoch
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