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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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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
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October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
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August 25, 2021 at 12:16 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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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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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
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February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
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March 17, 2024 at 7:30 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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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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February 19, 2024 at 12:29 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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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
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October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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December 10, 2023 at 5:41 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
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December 2, 2023 at 3:27 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
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January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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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
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December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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In Honor Of The Day! 2
- Cassius
April 1, 2019 at 7:14 AM
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April 1, 2019 at 7:36 AM
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Guide of Life, Divine Pleasure - Doc Version 3
- Cassius
October 24, 2019 at 9:05 AM
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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
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February 6, 2018 at 2:24 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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Happy Twentieth to Everyone Here! 2
- Cassius
November 20, 2019 at 8:34 AM
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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
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September 3, 2019 at 2:11 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
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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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Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2
- Joshua
July 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM
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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
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November 9, 2018 at 1:54 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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Elayne Reviews Alan Reye's Editorial on Thomas Jefferson 2
- Cassius
October 11, 2020 at 3:27 PM
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August 7, 2021 at 4:17 PM
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On The Decline of Epicurean Philosophy In The Ancient World 2
- Cassius
August 18, 2019 at 12:19 PM
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August 19, 2019 at 2:20 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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May 13, 2021 at 9:09 PM
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Epicurus on Justice and the Virtues 1
- Hiram
August 2, 2019 at 7:16 PM
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August 2, 2019 at 8:39 PM
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New Forum For Discussion of Movies / Books / Arts Which Pose Questions on Proper Pursuit of Pleasure 1
- Cassius
May 21, 2019 at 10:38 PM
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May 22, 2019 at 5:30 AM
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On the associations between Virtue and Pleasure and my Epicurean Write up 1
- Eoghan Gardiner
March 27, 2018 at 4:43 AM
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March 27, 2018 at 7:56 AM
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The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars 4
- Joshua
September 22, 2021 at 10:59 PM
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September 23, 2021 at 11:35 PM
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Vatican Sayings – Brief Study Guide
- Hiram
November 25, 2018 at 1:05 PM
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November 25, 2018 at 1:05 PM
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Video: The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus 2
- Cassius
October 12, 2019 at 12:32 PM
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October 12, 2019 at 2:23 PM
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Richard Dawkins Channels The Spirit of Epicurus!
- Cassius
December 16, 2019 at 10:08 PM
- Cassius
December 16, 2019 at 10:08 PM
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Post-Philippi Troubles in The Ancient Epicurean World 7
- Cassius
December 15, 2022 at 1:04 PM
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December 15, 2022 at 7:56 PM
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The destruction of the ancient world 5
- Don
April 29, 2022 at 7:47 AM
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May 3, 2022 at 8:25 AM
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American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) 3
- Godfrey
February 27, 2021 at 4:56 PM
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February 28, 2021 at 7:02 AM
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Maza Experiment - Successes? and Failures! 7
- Don
September 12, 2022 at 5:06 PM
- Don
September 18, 2022 at 9:26 AM
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The Essential Cicero? 3
- Joshua
April 28, 2020 at 7:10 PM
- Joshua
April 29, 2020 at 8:04 AM
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Poem - Snow in Montana 2
- Joshua
November 30, 2019 at 9:30 AM
- Joshua
November 30, 2019 at 3:10 PM
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Discussion Round-Up 1
- Joshua
December 31, 2019 at 5:21 AM
- Joshua
December 31, 2019 at 6:52 AM
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Old Tullius Accuses Epicurus of Shirking 2
- Cassius
September 7, 2019 at 10:45 AM
- Cassius
September 7, 2019 at 10:48 AM
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Open Skype Conference Call Tomorrow 1
- Cassius
July 27, 2019 at 12:26 PM
- Cassius
July 28, 2019 at 9:44 AM
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