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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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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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"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
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 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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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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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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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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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion 6
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
May 9, 2024 at 8:29 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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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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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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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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A "Daily Epicurean"? 16
- A_Gardner
December 26, 2021 at 3:00 PM
- A_Gardner
December 28, 2021 at 4:32 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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You Have Been Deceived (Video) 6
- Matt
December 29, 2021 at 8:04 PM
- Matt
December 30, 2021 at 7:32 AM
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Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Made More Accessible? 73
- Kalosyni
December 30, 2021 at 12:50 PM
- Kalosyni
April 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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A thought on duty to the whole world, and why virtue must be an instrument to happiness. 9
- smoothiekiwi
January 15, 2022 at 4:38 PM
- smoothiekiwi
January 16, 2022 at 5:03 PM
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A Challenge To Epicurean Thinking Grounded in Epistemology and Physics 20
- Cassius
March 12, 2022 at 11:32 AM
- Cassius
March 16, 2022 at 10:23 PM
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Can you seek happiness and be full of joy when there is a war in Europe? Wes Cecil podcast. 42
- Marco
May 15, 2022 at 4:06 AM
- Marco
May 20, 2022 at 12:54 PM
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Natural Goods in Epicureanism 10
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2022 at 9:06 AM
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2022 at 8:09 PM
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Addressing Cicero's Argument That Epicurean Philosophy Cannot Be Spoken In The Senate
- Cassius
June 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM
- Cassius
June 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM
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The Importance of the Sense of Smell 1
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 19, 2022 at 12:25 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 19, 2022 at 8:22 AM
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Scientific Knowledge for Modern Epicureans - the Means to Dispel Fear and Anxiety 1
- Kalosyni
July 5, 2022 at 10:09 AM
- Kalosyni
July 5, 2022 at 11:21 AM
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A line of questioning on Epicurean Theology 6
- Root304
August 1, 2022 at 12:18 AM
- Root304
August 21, 2022 at 1:04 AM
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For Gods There Are 6
- Kalosyni
August 14, 2022 at 9:00 PM
- Kalosyni
August 26, 2022 at 6:24 PM
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Epicurus and the Pleasure of the Stomach 4
- Kalosyni
August 16, 2022 at 8:16 AM
- Kalosyni
August 16, 2022 at 3:02 PM
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Compatibility of Epicureanism and Existential Therapy 12
- Kalosyni
August 30, 2022 at 8:57 AM
- Kalosyni
July 29, 2023 at 9:50 AM
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Jefferson's Concluding Salvo In The Battle Between "Heart" and "Head" 1
- Cassius
September 14, 2022 at 3:03 PM
- Cassius
September 14, 2022 at 6:43 PM
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Lucretius commentary in LATIN! 1
- Don
September 16, 2022 at 8:02 AM
- Don
September 16, 2022 at 10:12 AM
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Another mainstream article claiming ataraxia is the goal 40
- Kalosyni
September 22, 2022 at 4:05 PM
- Kalosyni
September 28, 2022 at 3:03 PM
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Sculptures Damaged at the Vatican 15
- Joshua
October 7, 2022 at 11:08 PM
- Joshua
October 10, 2022 at 2:39 PM
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21st Century Epicurean (My Blog) -- An Exploration of Minimalism Leads to Hygge 2
- Kalosyni
October 13, 2022 at 9:13 AM
- Kalosyni
October 13, 2022 at 12:23 PM
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Overcome Suicidal Ideation and Find Greater Meaning in Life 1
- Kalosyni
October 14, 2022 at 10:19 AM
- Kalosyni
October 14, 2022 at 11:32 AM
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Bookcase project 17
- Martin
October 24, 2022 at 4:46 AM
- Martin
October 25, 2022 at 11:51 AM
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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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The Appearance of "EpicurusInLove.com" 1
- Cassius
November 7, 2022 at 7:08 PM
- Cassius
November 8, 2022 at 9:40 AM
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Consideration of the Attic month and Nate's graphic of the moon on the 20th 18
- Kalosyni
November 30, 2022 at 9:10 AM
- Kalosyni
November 30, 2022 at 10:46 PM
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Second Edition of Haris Dimitriadis' "Epicurus And the Pleasant Life" Now Released 10
- Cassius
December 15, 2022 at 9:13 AM
- Cassius
January 12, 2023 at 8:22 AM
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The Concept of Time: Physics and Perception 5
- Kalosyni
December 16, 2022 at 8:12 PM
- Kalosyni
December 17, 2022 at 12:48 AM
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"Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment" Article Review 9
- Mathitis Kipouros
December 19, 2022 at 11:07 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
December 20, 2022 at 10:32 AM
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Christos Yapijakis and The Garden Of Athens Release "Epicurean Philosophy: An Introduction from The Garden of Athens" 5
- Cassius
January 6, 2023 at 2:01 PM
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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Anniversary of the Execution of Giordano Bruno in the Campo de Fiori in Rome (Fri, Feb 17th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm) 1
- Joshua
February 6, 2023 at 12:58 PM
- Joshua
February 6, 2023 at 2:17 PM
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