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    2. Maximus of Tyre, Socrates and Epicurus 1

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    2. Pleasure and illness 2

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    2. Both Sides of the Garden's Walls 6

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    2. Philosophers in the Rain (cartoon)

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    2. In Imitation of Lucretius–Bevil Higgons, 1670 to 1735 3

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    2. Atlantic Article: There are two kinds of happy people 10

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    2. Alt-tech outreach 36

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    2. A Sobering Look at Google Ngrams 4

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    2. The Nature of Work 14

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    2. Swerve some luck my way. 1

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    2. One year? 1

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    2. Twitter Users? 6

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    2. Aurelian Robert and His Book "Epicurus in The Underworld" 1

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    2. American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) 3

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    2. ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus 9

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    2. Thanks to Nate For The Recent Meme Additions 7

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    2. Epicurus' Favorite Insults 13

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    2. Happiness Lab episode on Daoism 3

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    2. David Attenborough on Lucretius 2

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    2. Nate's "Back of the Book" Graphic 5

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    2. Article: "Epicurean Philosophy in Cicero's De Republica - Serious Threat or Convenient Foil?" (Walter Englert)

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    2. Astronomical Events During the Time of Epicurus 16

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    2. John Adams and the "Ineffable Nonsense of Epicurus" 2

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    2. Nuremberg Chronicle in real life 3

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    2. A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus 1

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    2. Eleni Avdoulou wins the award NetoIP 2021 with a thesis about the Papyri of Herculaneum

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    2. Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths

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    2. Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 8

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    2. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6

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    2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9

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