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    2. If only there were an EpicuruCon... 8

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    2. An Epicurean Study of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics 75

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

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    2. Epicurean nautical references, allusions, and metaphors in the texts 17

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    2. "most useless observation ever made by an ancient Greek philosopher" 6

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    2. "Take your pleasure seriously" 5

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    2. The destruction of the ancient world 5

      • Don
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    2. "Setting Before the Eyes" 49

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    2. Updated Alternative Timeline of Epicurean History 1

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    2. Kαλά εὐχαριστία! 6

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    2. "satisfactory to the epicurean" 2

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    2. Frank Rose and Narrative Thinking

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    2. So, this is what we're up against... 8

      • Don
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    2. Translation (A poem) 15

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    2. Vice article on Stoicism (mentions Epicurus) 2

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    2. A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus 1

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    2. Epicurean Instagram post

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    2. Nuremberg Chronicle in real life 3

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    2. Happiness Lab episode on Daoism 3

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    2. One year? 1

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

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    2. Contemporary Chronology 2

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    2. Philosophers in the Rain (cartoon)

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      • December 23, 2020 at 10:54 AM
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    2. Referencing help needed 3

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      • September 26, 2019 at 7:02 AM
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    2. Idola Fori

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    2. Let's Bring Back de Bergerac 3

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    2. The Legendary Predecessor of Epicurus 11

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    2. Alciphron, Letters, Letters of the Courtesans: Leontion to Lamia (Fictional Epistle) 8

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    2. How do we feel about Peter Saint-Andre? 6

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    2. Event Described in Torquatus 2

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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. The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11

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

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