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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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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
March 17, 2024 at 7:30 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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"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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Happy Blasphemy Day 2
- Hiram
September 30, 2019 at 11:35 AM
- Hiram
September 30, 2019 at 2:10 PM
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Happy Birthday Elayne! 4
- Cassius
February 6, 2020 at 11:11 AM
- Cassius
February 9, 2020 at 10:02 PM
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Happy Athenian New Year! (Wed, Jul 19th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
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Happy 20th! What?! 1
- Don
August 6, 2023 at 2:39 PM
- Don
August 6, 2023 at 9:14 PM
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Happy 20th Newsletter and Updates 1
- Hiram
June 20, 2019 at 10:57 AM
- Hiram
June 20, 2019 at 10:52 PM
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Happy 20th Graphic - April 20, 2023 4
- Kalosyni
April 20, 2023 at 9:40 AM
- Kalosyni
April 20, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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Happy 20th & Father's Day 2
- Don
June 20, 2021 at 8:00 AM
- Don
June 20, 2021 at 9:18 AM
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Happy 20th - January 20th Celebrating the Annual Feast Day 2
- Kalosyni
January 20, 2023 at 8:11 AM
- Kalosyni
January 20, 2023 at 9:04 AM
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Happy 20 with a lot of news from Italy 20
- michelepinto
July 20, 2019 at 3:50 AM
- michelepinto
July 26, 2019 at 5:57 AM
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Happiness Lab episode on Daoism 3
- Don
May 4, 2021 at 7:12 AM
- Don
May 4, 2021 at 3:59 PM
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Guyau - Interesting Summary Essay - The Morality of Epicurus And Its Relationship To Contemporary Doctrines 5
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 1:21 PM
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 4:18 PM
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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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Growth Through Sharing Graphics / Memes 4
- Cassius
February 6, 2019 at 8:45 AM
- Cassius
February 7, 2019 at 11:18 AM
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Greenblatt and his Detractors 13
- Joshua
February 1, 2022 at 2:08 PM
- Joshua
February 3, 2022 at 11:47 AM
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Greek Atomism and subatomic particles. 'Atomos' and 'Ameres' 5
- TauPhi
October 29, 2023 at 11:26 PM
- TauPhi
October 30, 2023 at 11:00 PM
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Great Post From Holly At Facebook Crediting Motivation From "Living For Pleasure"
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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Goethe and Epicurus / Lucretius
- Cassius
September 4, 2021 at 8:23 PM
- Cassius
September 4, 2021 at 8:23 PM
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Gods meme 3
- Mathitis Kipouros
September 16, 2021 at 9:11 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
September 16, 2021 at 7:18 PM
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Given The Stress That Many Greek Philosophers' Placed On "Virtue" or a perfect view of "The Good" As The Ultimate Goal, To What Extent Would An Epicurus Have Considered That Approach An "Unnatural and Unnecessary Desire?" 4
- Cassius
February 26, 2024 at 4:51 PM
- Cassius
February 26, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Getting Over a Cold 4
- Joshua
November 11, 2019 at 12:35 AM
- Joshua
November 11, 2019 at 10:35 PM
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George Carlin - You have no rights -- reactions? 47
- Hiram
June 27, 2019 at 9:28 AM
- Hiram
September 21, 2020 at 8:02 PM
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Garden-Variety Happiness: Epicurus had a simple recipe for happiness
- Hiram
June 24, 2019 at 10:55 AM
- Hiram
June 24, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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Future Podcasting Plans - Lucretius Today and Otherwise 8
- Cassius
September 11, 2021 at 9:55 AM
- Cassius
September 14, 2021 at 1:56 AM
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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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Fun with Ambigrams 3
- Joshua
October 3, 2021 at 12:45 PM
- Joshua
October 3, 2021 at 1:24 PM
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From Elli: ""And the pleasure which we daily feel in all these things helps us to banish any sorrow." - Pericles the Athenian.
- Cassius
January 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM
- Cassius
January 6, 2021 at 10:27 AM
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Friendship Commentary By Elli (At Facebook 02/25/23)
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
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French (Burlamaqui and Rousseau) and German (D'Holbach) Followers of Epicurus (?) 1
- Cassius
December 16, 2023 at 8:00 AM
- Cassius
December 16, 2023 at 2:44 PM
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Free Epicurean Materials Torrent Content Suggestions 5
- godek
December 12, 2018 at 7:05 PM
- godek
December 13, 2018 at 5:26 PM
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