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Diogenes of Oinoanda And the Timing of Causes 11

Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, XI.5; & Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, III.6 8

Peace and Safety For Those in The Path of Hurricane Dorian! 4

Epicurus' On Nature, Books 10, 11 and 12 2

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

Why I hate Pantheism 6

Nuremberg Chronicle in real life 3

"Take your pleasure seriously" 5

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Images of Polyaenus? 3

La Mettrie: an Epicurean System 3

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A Word To The Wise About Arguments 2

The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars 4

Nope, have not nor plan to try... 5

Battling Ladies of the 19th Century - Fighting Over Epicurus vs Plato - "PHILOTHEA - Or Plato Against Epicurus" - A Response to Frances Wright's "A Few Days In Athens" 10

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The Passing of Prof. Daniel Dennett 3

Life is Short - Do Stuff that ??? "matters" ??? 2

Nothing Ain't Worth Nothing.... 16

Epicurus’ On Nature, Books I-X 1

Happy Twentieth of July: Remembering That Pleasure Has Many Enemies 3

Repackaged Epicureanism from a Christian writer? 11

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