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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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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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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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"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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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Empathy vs pleasure 1
- azbcethananderson
May 24, 2020 at 12:17 PM
- azbcethananderson
May 24, 2020 at 2:27 PM
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Etymology & pronunciation of επίκουρος 1
- Don
May 24, 2020 at 5:29 PM
- Don
May 24, 2020 at 6:26 PM
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"Uninspiring Responses of the Day" Thread 1
- Cassius
June 1, 2020 at 9:57 AM
- Cassius
June 1, 2020 at 4:29 PM
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A Passage That Seems Particularly Appropriate About Now 5
- Cassius
June 19, 2020 at 7:55 AM
- Cassius
June 19, 2020 at 5:07 PM
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Classification of Epicurean Philosophy 4
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 27, 2020 at 12:49 AM
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June 29, 2020 at 3:00 PM
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Mochus (or Moschus) the Phoenician 1
- Joshua
July 6, 2020 at 1:53 PM
- Joshua
July 6, 2020 at 2:55 PM
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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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My video summary of Epicurean philosophy 3
- Eoghan Gardiner
July 12, 2020 at 8:59 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
July 13, 2020 at 1:53 AM
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Musings on A Quick Statement of "What It Means to Be An Epicurean" 9
- Cassius
July 13, 2020 at 10:57 PM
- Cassius
July 16, 2020 at 4:34 PM
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Chris Rodda, "Liars for Jesus" 4
- Joshua
July 16, 2020 at 1:50 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2020 at 7:35 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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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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New Music Created by Michele Pinto and Andrea Celidoni - Free As Epicurus - The Epicurus Rap! 8
- Cassius
August 10, 2020 at 10:20 AM
- Cassius
August 13, 2020 at 9:05 AM
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To What Extent, If Any, Does Modern Physics Invalidate Epicurean Philosophy? 35
- Cassius
August 15, 2020 at 5:39 AM
- Cassius
August 16, 2020 at 5:06 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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Walking in the Garden 6
- Matt
September 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM
- Matt
September 6, 2020 at 9:10 PM
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Poem - The Heron 2
- Joshua
September 9, 2020 at 5:45 PM
- Joshua
September 9, 2020 at 6:29 PM
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Cultivating our own garden [Voltaire Discussion] 5
- Mathitis Kipouros
September 17, 2020 at 12:09 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
September 17, 2020 at 9:30 AM
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George Carlin - You have no rights -- reactions? 47
- Hiram
June 27, 2019 at 9:28 AM
- Hiram
September 21, 2020 at 8:02 PM
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For New Users - A General Comment About Posting At EpicureanFriends 1
- Cassius
September 25, 2020 at 6:37 PM
- Cassius
September 25, 2020 at 6:38 PM
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Why Does Stoicism Seem to Be More Popular Than Epicureanism, Especially In England? 13
- Cassius
May 11, 2019 at 11:28 AM
- Cassius
October 3, 2020 at 9:41 PM
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The Wormwood Illustration In Lucretius 3
- Cassius
October 6, 2020 at 4:42 AM
- Cassius
October 6, 2020 at 12:55 PM
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The Lamps are Going Out All Over the Imperium 1
- Joshua
October 15, 2020 at 6:40 PM
- Joshua
October 15, 2020 at 9:01 PM
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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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News from Italy - you'll love it! 18
- michelepinto
October 7, 2020 at 3:36 PM
- michelepinto
October 26, 2020 at 9:47 AM
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A Welcome Sign From Shahab
- Cassius
October 28, 2020 at 2:13 PM
- Cassius
October 28, 2020 at 2:13 PM
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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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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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Poem - Firewood
- Joshua
November 3, 2020 at 12:25 AM
- Joshua
November 3, 2020 at 12:25 AM
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New Epicurean Writing Competition - Thanks to Michele Pinto For This Information
- Cassius
November 14, 2020 at 12:52 PM
- Cassius
November 14, 2020 at 12:52 PM
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