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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion 6
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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"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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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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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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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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The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars 4
- Joshua
September 22, 2021 at 10:59 PM
- Joshua
September 23, 2021 at 11:35 PM
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Epicurus on Justice and the Virtues 1
- Hiram
August 2, 2019 at 7:16 PM
- Hiram
August 2, 2019 at 8:39 PM
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Fundamental Issues In Hedonism 15
- BrainToBeing
December 10, 2023 at 8:18 AM
- BrainToBeing
December 14, 2023 at 9:52 AM
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Is 'happiness' a proper translation of the term eudaimonia? 23
- Peter Konstans
March 25, 2024 at 6:35 AM
- Peter Konstans
March 30, 2024 at 10:35 AM
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Nate's "Back of the Book" Graphic 5
- Cassius
May 13, 2021 at 9:40 AM
- Cassius
May 13, 2021 at 9:09 PM
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On The Decline of Epicurean Philosophy In The Ancient World 2
- Cassius
August 18, 2019 at 12:19 PM
- Cassius
August 19, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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The destruction of the ancient world 5
- Don
April 29, 2022 at 7:47 AM
- Don
May 3, 2022 at 8:25 AM
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2
- Joshua
July 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM
- Joshua
July 31, 2019 at 7:25 PM
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Society of Epicurus now has a sub-reddit 1
- Hiram
November 9, 2018 at 12:20 PM
- Hiram
November 9, 2018 at 1:54 PM
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Outlines and More Outlines - "The main heads [to which] we must continually return..."
- Cassius
January 30, 2016 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
January 30, 2016 at 9:43 AM
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Reflections on The End-Of-Year Holidays 3
- Cassius
January 2, 2021 at 4:26 PM
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January 3, 2021 at 7:10 AM
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Elayne Reviews Alan Reye's Editorial on Thomas Jefferson 2
- Cassius
October 11, 2020 at 3:27 PM
- Cassius
August 7, 2021 at 4:17 PM
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Battling Ladies of the 19th Century - Fighting Over Epicurus vs Plato - "PHILOTHEA - Or Plato Against Epicurus" - A Response to Frances Wright's "A Few Days In Athens" 10
- Cassius
April 4, 2022 at 9:58 AM
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April 6, 2022 at 6:40 AM
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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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"Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum." 2
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 11:29 AM
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 2:11 PM
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A Sobering Look at Google Ngrams 4
- Joshua
February 18, 2021 at 10:32 PM
- Joshua
February 19, 2021 at 8:40 AM
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Guide of Life, Divine Pleasure - Doc Version 3
- Cassius
October 24, 2019 at 9:05 AM
- Cassius
October 24, 2019 at 10:34 AM
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A Hypothetical To Assist Self-Awareness And Understanding - "Which Shall It Be?" 1
- Cassius
February 3, 2018 at 10:32 AM
- Cassius
February 6, 2018 at 2:24 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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Happy Twentieth of January, 2020! 2
- Cassius
January 20, 2020 at 6:23 AM
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January 20, 2020 at 10:38 AM
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Why I hate Pantheism 6
- Matt
December 27, 2021 at 3:26 PM
- Matt
December 27, 2021 at 4:40 PM
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Polyaenus quotes 3
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 5:45 PM
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 6:57 PM
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Life is Short - Do Stuff that ??? "matters" ??? 2
- Cassius
May 14, 2019 at 1:30 PM
- Cassius
May 15, 2019 at 6:34 AM
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What Did Epicurus Include in "Pleasure?" 2
- Cassius
March 31, 2019 at 10:01 AM
- Cassius
March 31, 2019 at 10:32 PM
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Reminder About The "No Politics" Rule At EpicureanFriends
- Cassius
March 31, 2023 at 12:46 PM
- Cassius
March 31, 2023 at 12:46 PM
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Major Observations and Conclusions of Epicurean Philosophy - An Outline
- Cassius
September 14, 2015 at 9:13 PM
- Cassius
September 14, 2015 at 9:13 PM
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"A Lie And An Impossibility" - Lucian - "Alexander the Oracle Monger" 1
- Cassius
April 28, 2019 at 10:38 AM
- Cassius
April 28, 2019 at 1:57 PM
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Thoughts on Prudence and the Virtues in the Letter to Menoeceus 8
- Root304
August 1, 2022 at 2:06 AM
- Root304
August 2, 2022 at 8:20 PM
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A Five Star Presentation of Epicurus
- Cassius
October 28, 2018 at 5:55 PM
- Cassius
October 28, 2018 at 5:55 PM
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Doubt is Unpleasant, But It's Not Your Worst Enemy
- Cassius
December 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM
- Cassius
December 20, 2015 at 11:56 AM
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