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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 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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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
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March 16, 2024 at 7:39 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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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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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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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
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February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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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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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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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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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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"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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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
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October 22, 2023 at 3:28 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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On Nature And Perfect Forms
- Cassius
June 10, 2019 at 10:31 AM
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June 10, 2019 at 10:31 AM
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Epicurean Or Not? "Fiat Justitia ruat caelo" (Let Justice be done though the sky falls) 6
- Cassius
May 31, 2019 at 7:10 PM
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June 1, 2019 at 2:49 AM
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An Original Hymn to Venus 4
- Joshua
May 28, 2019 at 12:47 AM
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May 28, 2019 at 2:48 PM
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Facebook Becomes Ever-More Oppressive 3
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 5:28 AM
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May 28, 2019 at 5:44 PM
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Applying PD 31-38 to "Virtue" (Of Which "Justice" Is Simply a Subset) 2
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 5:22 AM
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 7:48 AM
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"School Turns to The Teachings of Aristotle...." [to indoctrinate young minds in "virtue"] 3
- Cassius
May 21, 2019 at 8:38 PM
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May 23, 2019 at 3:33 PM
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Nate's "Drake Meme" Graphics 5
- Cassius
May 16, 2019 at 6:16 AM
- Cassius
May 16, 2019 at 8:01 PM
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On Ice Cream And Epicurean Philosophy 21
- Cassius
May 14, 2019 at 4:34 PM
- Cassius
May 19, 2019 at 3:53 PM
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I'm not going to translate this 5
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 3:42 PM
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 5:46 PM
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Starting Point Questions
- Cassius
May 9, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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May 9, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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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
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May 2, 2019 at 4:18 PM
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Philosofy in Italy 4
- michelepinto
May 1, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- michelepinto
May 2, 2019 at 6:59 AM
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"A Lie And An Impossibility" - Lucian - "Alexander the Oracle Monger" 1
- Cassius
April 28, 2019 at 10:38 AM
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April 28, 2019 at 1:57 PM
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The Notre Dame Fire 78
- Cassius
April 15, 2019 at 4:57 PM
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October 28, 2019 at 10:17 PM
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AudioBooks to Drive By
- Cassius
April 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
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April 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
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Book review of The Millionaire Fastlane by
- Hiram
April 1, 2019 at 11:38 AM
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April 1, 2019 at 11:38 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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Please, no dogmatism, no absolute truths 16
- michelepinto
March 31, 2019 at 3:55 PM
- michelepinto
April 24, 2019 at 8:38 PM
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Epicurean Thoughts On Taking Action
- Cassius
March 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM
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March 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM
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Why Do We Come Here To Talk With Each Other? 1
- Cassius
March 26, 2019 at 6:12 PM
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March 27, 2019 at 7:45 AM
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"Filling The Gas Tank of Life"
- Cassius
March 21, 2019 at 2:41 PM
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March 21, 2019 at 2:41 PM
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Hygge and the Landscape of Pleasure: a Book Review 1
- Hiram
March 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM
- Hiram
March 15, 2019 at 5:52 PM
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We're in the Bible!! 6
- Hiram
March 4, 2019 at 7:20 PM
- Hiram
March 14, 2019 at 2:53 PM
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Interesting! #Epicurean interior design?! 8
- Hiram
February 25, 2019 at 12:33 PM
- Hiram
October 18, 2019 at 5:42 PM
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Christos Yapijakis: "Mistakes of Cognitive Perception and Epicurean Prudence"
- Cassius
February 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM
- Cassius
February 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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Updated Web Site - AFewDaysInAthens.com
- Cassius
February 15, 2019 at 8:13 PM
- Cassius
February 15, 2019 at 8:13 PM
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Universal Basic Income 14
- Hiram
February 14, 2019 at 10:23 AM
- Hiram
February 26, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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What was the geographical reach of Ancient Epicurean thought? 8
- Matt
February 9, 2019 at 5:30 PM
- Matt
February 10, 2019 at 12:20 PM
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The fundamental Canon 3
- Matt
February 6, 2019 at 9:35 AM
- Matt
February 6, 2019 at 1:35 PM
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Who are your Persians? 8
- Matt
February 5, 2019 at 10:20 AM
- Matt
February 22, 2019 at 3:19 PM
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