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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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"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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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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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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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion 6
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
May 9, 2024 at 8:29 PM
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 50
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
May 10, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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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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Happy Twentieth of July! 5
- Cassius
July 20, 2020 at 7:49 AM
- Cassius
July 21, 2020 at 10:43 AM
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Happy Twentieth of June (2019)! 3
- Cassius
June 20, 2019 at 6:44 AM
- Cassius
June 22, 2019 at 10:25 AM
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Happy Twentieth of March 2020! 3
- Cassius
March 20, 2020 at 7:20 AM
- Cassius
March 20, 2020 at 10:24 AM
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Happy Twentieth of March! 2
- Cassius
March 19, 2018 at 9:11 PM
- Cassius
March 20, 2018 at 1:44 PM
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Happy Twentieth of May (2019)! 1
- Cassius
May 20, 2019 at 6:41 AM
- Cassius
May 20, 2019 at 4:37 PM
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Happy Twentieth of November, 2018! 4
- Cassius
November 20, 2018 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
November 25, 2018 at 1:37 PM
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Happy Twentieth of October, 2019: What Would A Local Epicurean Organization Look Like? 9
- Cassius
October 19, 2019 at 9:26 PM
- Cassius
October 21, 2019 at 4:49 PM
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Happy Twentieth of September 2019! 7
- Cassius
September 20, 2019 at 7:01 AM
- Cassius
September 20, 2019 at 2:08 PM
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Happy Twentieth to Everyone Here! 2
- Cassius
November 20, 2019 at 8:34 AM
- Cassius
November 21, 2019 at 10:29 AM
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Happy Twentieth! 5
- Joshua
April 20, 2020 at 2:37 PM
- Joshua
April 21, 2020 at 1:02 AM
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Happy Twentieth! On the Importance of Healthy Emotions
- Hiram
August 20, 2019 at 12:53 PM
- Hiram
August 20, 2019 at 12:53 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day!
- Don
February 14, 2021 at 6:09 PM
- Don
February 14, 2021 at 6:09 PM
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Has Anyone Read Catherine Nixey's "Darkening Age: Christian Destruction of the Classical Age"? 5
- Cassius
August 14, 2020 at 8:32 PM
- Cassius
August 17, 2020 at 2:38 AM
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Help Needed With Broken Links 3
- Cassius
December 29, 2022 at 12:28 PM
- Cassius
December 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM
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Herculaneum / Philodemus Thoughts From Elli
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:03 AM
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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Herculaneum preservation 7
- Godfrey
June 11, 2019 at 7:54 PM
- Godfrey
June 12, 2019 at 8:54 PM
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Hermann Usener's 'Glossarium Epicureum' 6
- TauPhi
February 1, 2024 at 6:51 PM
- TauPhi
March 21, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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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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Hey guys I created new video against the Stoic idea that virtue is goal of life. Hope you enjoy 2
- Eoghan Gardiner
August 3, 2020 at 12:42 PM
- Eoghan Gardiner
August 3, 2020 at 3:25 PM
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Hidden Brain: Where Gratitude Gets You 1
- Don
December 3, 2020 at 7:58 AM
- Don
December 3, 2020 at 2:01 PM
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Hiram Crespo on The Pursuit of Happiness, Epicurean Philosophy, and Changing Your Mindset 6
- Hiram
December 14, 2018 at 2:23 PM
- Hiram
December 17, 2018 at 12:22 PM
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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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HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO "PEACE AND SAFETY" – ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΦΑΛΕΙΑ 10
- Twentier
May 28, 2021 at 3:42 PM
- Twentier
May 29, 2021 at 11:29 AM
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How are Epicurean things in Italy, Michele? 8
- Cassius
October 17, 2019 at 7:30 AM
- Cassius
October 19, 2019 at 9:13 AM
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How do we feel about Peter Saint-Andre? 6
- Charles
January 14, 2020 at 3:23 PM
- Charles
March 1, 2020 at 5:51 PM
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How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22
- ThinkingCat
May 13, 2023 at 9:24 AM
- ThinkingCat
May 19, 2023 at 6:50 PM
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How NOT To Escape Plato's Cave 3
- Cassius
February 27, 2020 at 8:37 AM
- Cassius
February 29, 2020 at 3:25 AM
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How The Christians Wiped Out Epicureanism
- Hiram
July 24, 2019 at 9:43 AM
- Hiram
July 24, 2019 at 9:43 AM
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How To Convert A Neo-Epicurean Into A Classical Epicurean 24
- Cassius
January 15, 2020 at 8:33 AM
- Cassius
May 2, 2020 at 3:00 PM
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How To Help The Forum - Start New Threads! 4
- Cassius
March 26, 2018 at 5:49 AM
- Cassius
July 15, 2018 at 5:27 PM
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