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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
- shahabgh66
January 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
- shahabgh66
January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7
- Cassius
November 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM
- Cassius
December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
- Cassius
December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 30
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 15, 2023 at 9:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
- Joshua
February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12
- Cassius
February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- Cassius
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Tactics In Combatting Word-Game Trickery 1
- Cassius
July 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM
- Cassius
July 17, 2019 at 7:00 PM
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Happiness Lab episode on Daoism 3
- Don
May 4, 2021 at 7:12 AM
- Don
May 4, 2021 at 3:59 PM
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The Concept of Time: Physics and Perception 5
- Kalosyni
December 16, 2022 at 8:12 PM
- Kalosyni
December 17, 2022 at 12:48 AM
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Is 'happiness' a proper translation of the term eudaimonia? 23
- Peter Konstans
March 25, 2024 at 6:35 AM
- Peter Konstans
March 30, 2024 at 10:35 AM
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The Breakdown Of Our Modern Societies! 1
- Elli
March 28, 2020 at 2:45 PM
- Elli
March 28, 2020 at 2:49 PM
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Understanding of good vs. bad desires? 1
- Hiram
February 13, 2019 at 6:54 AM
- Hiram
February 13, 2019 at 9:09 AM
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Year-End Possibilities - A Friendly "Debate" Show? 3
- Cassius
October 29, 2020 at 7:23 PM
- Cassius
October 29, 2020 at 10:05 PM
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Yahweh or Zeus? by John Heath 2
- Joshua
May 11, 2020 at 1:56 PM
- Joshua
May 11, 2020 at 4:04 PM
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In Imitation of Lucretius–Bevil Higgons, 1670 to 1735 3
- Joshua
January 15, 2021 at 9:39 PM
- Joshua
January 16, 2021 at 4:28 AM
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A Word About Words 4
- Pacatus
December 9, 2022 at 1:13 PM
- Pacatus
December 9, 2022 at 9:23 PM
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Hermarchus’ Regression of Prayer meme 2
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 8:53 AM
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 12:46 PM
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Philodemus and Epicurean Philosophy: Changing Perceptions - Sonya Wurster 1
- Hiram
August 5, 2019 at 8:07 PM
- Hiram
August 6, 2019 at 7:58 AM
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We are All Born Hedonists 1
- Hiram
January 27, 2019 at 11:39 AM
- Hiram
January 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM
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Parsing The Wikipedia Introduction To Epicurus (As Of February 6, 2020)
- Cassius
February 6, 2020 at 9:48 AM
- Cassius
February 6, 2020 at 9:48 AM
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David Konstan - Life worthy of the Gods 3
- timrobbe
October 24, 2020 at 5:28 AM
- timrobbe
October 24, 2020 at 8:18 AM
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THE HEDONICON (or The Holy Book of Epicurus) 9
- Twentier
November 20, 2023 at 12:44 AM
- Twentier
December 26, 2023 at 2:30 PM
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Amusing Clip of the Day - "Please Stop Posting Epicurus Quotes" 2
- Cassius
August 16, 2019 at 11:41 PM
- Cassius
August 17, 2019 at 7:25 AM
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Episode 208: Epicurus on Seeking Pleasure (Part Two) 1
- Hiram
February 4, 2019 at 3:12 PM
- Hiram
February 5, 2019 at 7:04 AM
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An Analogy 2
- Joshua
March 9, 2020 at 7:12 PM
- Joshua
March 9, 2020 at 8:29 PM
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Thoughts For An Online Discussion Format - Preparing An Outline in Real Time 3
- Cassius
February 5, 2021 at 9:23 AM
- Cassius
February 5, 2021 at 4:09 PM
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Addition of the "Lexicon" Feature of the Forum 3
- Cassius
November 1, 2020 at 5:58 AM
- Cassius
November 1, 2020 at 8:35 AM
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Book review of The Millionaire Fastlane by
- Hiram
April 1, 2019 at 11:38 AM
- Hiram
April 1, 2019 at 11:38 AM
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Historical References on the School of Epicurean Philosophy - Notable Epicureans From The Ancient World To Today 5
- Cassius
February 1, 2022 at 8:34 AM
- Cassius
February 1, 2022 at 11:55 AM
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Virtual Archeological Tours 3
- Godfrey
July 11, 2020 at 6:35 PM
- Godfrey
July 11, 2020 at 11:00 PM
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Star Conclusions of Epicurean Theory 1
- Cassius
October 24, 2018 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
October 26, 2018 at 7:10 PM
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Reading Recommendations for "Normies"
- Cassius
July 10, 2018 at 9:47 AM
- Cassius
July 10, 2018 at 9:47 AM
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Piero de Cosimo's Lucretius - Inspired Paintings 9
- Joshua
July 26, 2023 at 9:34 PM
- Joshua
July 27, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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Happy New Year! 9
- Cassius
December 31, 2022 at 3:29 PM
- Cassius
January 1, 2023 at 1:26 AM
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Why Do We Come Here To Talk With Each Other? 1
- Cassius
March 26, 2019 at 6:12 PM
- Cassius
March 27, 2019 at 7:45 AM
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