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    2. Thomas Carnes - Keeping the Friend in Epicurean Friendship 6

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    2. what did epicurean actually mean by free will ? i think the article on the main page is confusing determinism with fatalism 8

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    2. Who to believe? 34

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    2. Diogenes Laertius Book X - public domain translations 5

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    2. Epicurus' Public Domain Translations - All At Once In One Place 20

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    2. Boethus the Epicurean (geometry, acoustics) 1

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    2. “Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3

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    2. Ancient Epicurean worldview (classes of compounds of atoms) 1

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    2. Notes on Epicurean Salvation; Recursion and Restructuring 1

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    2. Thoughts on Prudence and the Virtues in the Letter to Menoeceus 8

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    2. Is there a notion of cultivating "sensitivity" in Epicureanism? 4

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    2. Confusion: "The feelings are only two" 49

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    2. Analysing movies through an Epicurean lens 16

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    2. Why pursue unnecessary desires? 74

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    2. Epicurus, Ionia and India. 5

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