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    2. New Users Please Read Here First

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    2. Summarizing Epicurean Philosophy vs Objectivism 10

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    2. Epicurus "On Nature" - Book 25: On Moral Development

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      • July 8, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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    2. Poem - Iowa Fields 3

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      • July 10, 2019 at 2:30 PM
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    2. Edward Abbey - My Favorite Quotes

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      • July 11, 2019 at 7:57 PM
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    2. In memory of the Men 1

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      • July 20, 2019 at 9:51 AM
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    2. Sedley On Diogenes of Oenoanda, Pleasure vs Virtue, and Textual Reconstruction

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      • July 20, 2019 at 10:25 AM
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    2. A Few Recent Acquisitions 1

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      • August 14, 2019 at 10:58 PM
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    2. To A Very Happy 20th 6

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    2. Six Key Assertions of Epicurean Thought

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      • September 30, 2019 at 2:25 PM
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    2. Happy Twentieth of October, 2019: What Would A Local Epicurean Organization Look Like? 9

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    2. Guide of Life, Divine Pleasure - Doc Version 3

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      • October 24, 2019 at 9:05 AM
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    2. Names Applied to the Epicureans by Themselves Or Others 4

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      • October 25, 2019 at 12:38 PM
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    4. Joshua

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    2. Is Self Preservation a Virtue? 15

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    2. Discussion Round-Up 1

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      • December 31, 2019 at 5:21 AM
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    2. An Approach to Reading Philosophy 3

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    4. Cassius

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    2. Community Health And Wellness Check 10

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      • January 23, 2020 at 10:36 PM
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    2. Against the Physicists / Physicians 23

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    2. Discussion-Starters With Non-Epicureans: Biblical References to Epicurus / Epicurean Philosophy 5

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    2. An Analogy 2

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      • March 9, 2020 at 7:12 PM
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    4. Don

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    2. Would An Epicurean Hook Himself Up To An "Experience Machine" or a "Pleasure Machine" If Possible? 27

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    2. The Breakdown Of Our Modern Societies! 1

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      • March 28, 2020 at 2:45 PM
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    2. The Essential Cicero? 3

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

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      • March 4, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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    2. Mochus (or Moschus) the Phoenician 1

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    2. Virtual Archeological Tours 3

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    2. Chris Rodda, "Liars for Jesus" 4

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    2. To What Extent, If Any, Does Modern Physics Invalidate Epicurean Philosophy? 35

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    2. Contemporary Chronology 2

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    2. My Plans For 2021 13

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

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    2. Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths

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

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