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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
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- Cassius
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Poem - Hermarchus 6
- Joshua
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Poem - Iowa Fields 3
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Book Review - Call Me By Your Name 3
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Edward Abbey - My Favorite Quotes
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Poem - Abonoteichus 6
- Joshua
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2
- Joshua
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Did Epicurus Create a Finished Product? 4
- Joshua
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The Kind of Ring I'd Like to See 8
- Joshua
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A Few Recent Acquisitions 1
- Joshua
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The (belated) Decline of Christianity in the United States 11
- Joshua
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Athens and the Open Library 8
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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold 10
- Joshua
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Poem - Snow in Montana 2
- Joshua
November 30, 2019 at 9:30 AM
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Navigating Family Prayer 5
- Joshua
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Discussion Round-Up 1
- Joshua
December 31, 2019 at 5:21 AM
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It was a pleasure 2
- Joshua
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Epicurus and the Art of Land Surveying 2
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An Analogy 2
- Joshua
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Poem - To Boccaccio 3
- Joshua
April 21, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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The Essential Cicero? 3
- Joshua
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Yahweh or Zeus? by John Heath 2
- Joshua
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Mochus (or Moschus) the Phoenician 1
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Chris Rodda, "Liars for Jesus" 4
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The Lamps are Going Out All Over the Imperium 1
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October 15, 2020 at 6:40 PM
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"The Rise and Fall of Alexandria", Howard Reid and Justin Pollard 11
- Joshua
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In Imitation of Lucretius–Bevil Higgons, 1670 to 1735 3
- Joshua
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A Sobering Look at Google Ngrams 4
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David Attenborough on Lucretius 2
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May 6, 2021 at 12:28 AM
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John Adams and the "Ineffable Nonsense of Epicurus" 2
- Joshua
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Why pursue unnecessary desires? 38
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Happy Star Wars Day 1
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The Importance Of The Perfect Not Being Allowed To Be The Enemy of The Good 29
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May 18, 2023 at 10:30 AM - General Discussion
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Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 10
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Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths
- Cassius
May 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM - General Discussion
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