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Featured Threads - If You Are New Here, Check Out Our "Featured Threads" For Discussions Of Particular Interest!
- Kalosyni
December 4, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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Multiple Components Comprise the Epicurean Life 30
- Kalosyni
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Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 10
- Cassius
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Must an Epicurean believe in gods? 14
- Rolf
April 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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My latest author blog on Goodreads: Epicurean Economics and a Few Updates 13
- Hiram
May 23, 2019 at 10:54 AM
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My Plans For 2021 13
- Cassius
January 5, 2021 at 2:18 PM
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Mythological Discussions - Greek mythology and other myths compared and analyzed 3
- Matt
January 12, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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Names Applied to the Epicureans by Themselves Or Others 4
- Cassius
October 25, 2019 at 12:38 PM
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Nate's "Back of the Book" Graphic 5
- Cassius
May 13, 2021 at 9:40 AM
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Nate's "Drake Meme" Graphics 5
- Cassius
May 16, 2019 at 6:16 AM
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Nate's "First Generation Epicureans" Research
- Cassius
February 27, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Nate's Compilation of Alternative Translations of the Principal Doctrines 12
- Cassius
October 8, 2021 at 1:28 PM
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Nate's Latest Graphic - "Epicurus Cannot Be Wrestled"
- Cassius
May 20, 2022 at 10:39 AM
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Natural Goods in Epicureanism 10
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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Navigating Family Prayer 5
- Joshua
December 21, 2019 at 10:17 PM
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Neuroscience of Happiness and Pleasure -- Morten L. Kringelbach and Kent C. Berridge 8
- Kalosyni
June 27, 2022 at 7:53 PM
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New (October 1 2019) Catherine Wilson Speech Video on Epicurean Philosophy 10
- Cassius
October 8, 2019 at 4:15 PM
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New Article: "Free Will In Epicurean Philosophy" - by Dimitris Liarmakopoulos
- Cassius
May 18, 2019 at 11:03 AM
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New Audio Version of Torquatus' Presentation of Epicurean Ethics - Read By Joshua 8
- Cassius
November 26, 2021 at 10:02 PM
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New Christos Yapijakis Article: "The Philosophical Management of Stress" 39
- Cassius
January 6, 2023 at 2:37 PM
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New Epicurean Book is actually a critique of Nussbaum 30
- Hiram
September 20, 2019 at 4:36 PM
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New Epicurean Writing Competition - Thanks to Michele Pinto For This Information
- Cassius
November 14, 2020 at 12:52 PM
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New Forum - "Unsolved Mysteries" of Epicurean History
- Cassius
June 23, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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New Forum For Discussion of Movies / Books / Arts Which Pose Questions on Proper Pursuit of Pleasure 1
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May 21, 2019 at 10:38 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
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New Religious Landscape Study from Pew Research 29
- Don
February 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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New Slideshow: Nothing Comes From Nothing
- Cassius
November 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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Newly Found Statue of the Husband of the Epicurean Pompeia Plotina 1
- Cassius
April 2, 2019 at 5:50 PM
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News from Italy - you'll love it! 18
- michelepinto
October 7, 2020 at 3:36 PM
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Ninon de l'Enclos site
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August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
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Non-reversing mirror
- Bryan
March 12, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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Why pursue unnecessary desires? 32
- Rolf
May 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM - General Discussion
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The Importance Of The Perfect Not Being Allowed To Be The Enemy of The Good 29
- Cassius
May 18, 2023 at 10:30 AM - General Discussion
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Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 10
- Cassius
May 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM - General Discussion
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Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths
- Cassius
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM - General Discussion
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Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6
- Cassius
April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM - General Discussion
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