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    2. Announcement: An Award For The Best Thesis On Epicurus 1

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    2. An Epicurean Instagram 6

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    2. Mike Anyayahan's Blog: Epicureanmindset.blogspot.com 17

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    2. La Mettrie: an Epicurean System 3

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    2. Anachronisms In Pictures

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    2. A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6

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    2. Seneca's On Happiness versus La Mettrie's Anti-Seneca 23

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    2. A scholarship for best work about Epicurus 1

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    2. Happy Birthday Elayne! 4

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    2. Parsing The Wikipedia Introduction To Epicurus (As Of February 6, 2020)

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      • February 6, 2020 at 9:48 AM
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    2. Against the Physicists / Physicians 23

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    2. Epicurus and the Art of Land Surveying 2

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    2. Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020 15

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    2. Happy Twentieth of January, 2020! 2

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    2. It was a pleasure 2

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    2. How To Convert A Neo-Epicurean Into A Classical Epicurean 24

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

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    2. Poll: Confirm Or Deny This Article About Non-Believers And Pets: Do You Have Dog(s), Cat(s), Both, Neither?

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    2. Creative Assistance Needed! "The Twelve Days of Class With Epicurus" 8

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    2. Happy New Year, But Remember Also That Tomorrow Marks Something Even Bigger - Epicurus' Birthday!

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    2. An Approach to Reading Philosophy 3

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    2. Discussion Round-Up 1

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    2. Greetings 6

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    2. Happy Holidays To All! 1

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    2. Navigating Family Prayer 5

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    2. Pewdiepie Gets it Wrong - The Problem Isn't "Virtue Signaling" - The Problem is "Virtue" Itself

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    2. Richard Dawkins Channels The Spirit of Epicurus!

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    2. Not Virtue, But Vigor 3

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