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    2. Rarely read writer DeCasseres on Epicurus' great discovery 8

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    2. Referencing help needed 3

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    2. Renderings of Epicurean Philosophers by Genevra Catalano (2022-2023) 14

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    2. Repackaged Epicureanism from a Christian writer? 11

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    2. Report on the 10th Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy, February 8-9, 2020, Cultural Center of Pallini, Athens, Greece (By Christos Yapijakis) 4

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    2. Research Question: DeLattre's "Les Epicuriens" And the State of Publication of Herculaneum Texts

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    2. Responses to Nussbaum's Criticism That Epicureanism Is Not A Real Philosophy; That Epicureanism Numbs Intellect And Critical Thinking 1

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    2. Richard Dawkins Channels The Spirit of Epicurus!

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    2. Romantic Materialism, Materialist Romanticism 2

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    2. Scientific Knowledge for Modern Epicureans - the Means to Dispel Fear and Anxiety 1

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    2. Scottish Epicurean Wisdom?

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