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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
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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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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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How to live a Good Life Featured in PW 5
- Hiram
March 26, 2019 at 8:24 AM
- Hiram
January 7, 2020 at 11:32 AM
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How To Turn Epicurean Philosophy On Its Head As Quickly As Possible - A Quick Comment on Mark 12 3
- Cassius
December 21, 2018 at 8:58 AM
- Cassius
December 21, 2018 at 3:22 PM
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How would Epicurus view "differences from the start of life that are out of our control?" 7
- Cassius
December 6, 2022 at 7:39 PM
- Cassius
December 9, 2022 at 3:22 PM
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How Would You Answer Someone New Who Asked You: "What Is Epicurean Philosophy All About?" 4
- Cassius
September 1, 2019 at 8:08 AM
- Cassius
September 1, 2019 at 10:39 AM
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How would you respond to an existentialist who says "You Epicureans have chosen pleasure as your meaning but it's not universal" do Epicureans hold that pleasure is the universal Good? 13
- Eoghan Gardiner
June 13, 2023 at 9:13 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
June 15, 2023 at 12:36 AM
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Human saliva harming snakes 2
- Bryan
January 17, 2024 at 4:28 PM
- Bryan
January 17, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Hygge and the Landscape of Pleasure: a Book Review 1
- Hiram
March 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM
- Hiram
March 15, 2019 at 5:52 PM
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I Am Firmly Convinced That The Future of Epicurean Philosophy Won't Be Found In The Ivory Tower 14
- Cassius
October 18, 2019 at 7:41 AM
- Cassius
October 18, 2019 at 8:17 PM
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I'm back.....:-) 49
- brett
November 11, 2020 at 7:00 PM
- brett
November 15, 2020 at 3:59 PM
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I'm not going to translate this 5
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 3:42 PM
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 5:46 PM
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Idola Fori
- DavidN
February 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM
- DavidN
February 21, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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If Anyone Is Working On A Research Or Writing Post Please Be Sure To Post And Ask For Help
- Cassius
April 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM
- Cassius
April 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29
- Cassius
October 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM
- Cassius
October 7, 2023 at 8:22 PM
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If only there were an EpicuruCon... 8
- Don
November 5, 2022 at 12:34 PM
- Don
November 7, 2022 at 4:33 AM
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If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What *Should* We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8
- Cassius
February 26, 2024 at 4:43 PM
- Cassius
February 29, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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If We Could Commission Davide Baldoni To Do More Scenes From Lucretius, What Would You Suggest They Be?
- Cassius
August 22, 2021 at 5:50 AM
- Cassius
August 22, 2021 at 5:50 AM
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Illusions and Trusting the Senses - An Example
- Cassius
May 16, 2018 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
May 16, 2018 at 9:59 AM
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Illustrating Epicurean Ethics 17
- Kalosyni
January 12, 2023 at 3:19 PM
- Kalosyni
January 24, 2023 at 1:56 PM
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Imagery On The Interplay Between "Pursue Pleasure" and 'Avoid Pain" 33
- Cassius
March 28, 2023 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
March 31, 2023 at 10:10 AM
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Images of Polyaenus? 3
- Twentier
February 22, 2022 at 8:47 AM
- Twentier
February 23, 2022 at 4:57 PM
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In Honor Of The Day! 2
- Cassius
April 1, 2019 at 7:14 AM
- Cassius
April 1, 2019 at 7:36 AM
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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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In Memoriam T. Lucretii Cari 6
- Joshua
October 15, 2023 at 2:35 PM
- Joshua
October 31, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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In memory of the Men 1
- Hiram
July 20, 2019 at 9:51 AM
- Hiram
July 20, 2019 at 11:08 AM
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Inquiry into Eclecticism: Assessing its Benefits to Epicurean Philosophy 16
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 22, 2023 at 3:40 PM
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 26, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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Interesting! #Epicurean interior design?! 8
- Hiram
February 25, 2019 at 12:33 PM
- Hiram
October 18, 2019 at 5:42 PM
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International Day of Friendship
- Cassius
July 30, 2019 at 2:37 PM
- Cassius
July 30, 2019 at 2:37 PM
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International festival of philosophy phil. Cologne 2021 (Thu, Sep 2nd 2021, 8:30 pm-Wed, Sep 8th 2021, 11:00 pm)
- Martin
August 28, 2021 at 5:25 AM
- Martin
August 28, 2021 at 5:25 AM
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Ioannis Stratakis (Podium Arts) releases Letter to Menoeceus!! 3
- Don
November 23, 2023 at 1:12 PM
- Don
November 23, 2023 at 7:07 PM
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