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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
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The Covered Father 8
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Non-reversing mirror
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What Epicurus Might Say In Response To Common Cliches
- Kalosyni
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What Epicurus Offers To The Modern World As Of April, 2024? 37
- Cassius
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Estimation of Category Breakdown of Extant Texts 3
- Kalosyni
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"If You Wish To Be An Epicurean, Get Used To Being Called 'Cockeyed'" - or - "Why Vatican Saying 29 Would Make A Good Epicurean Tatoo" 3
- Cassius
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Would Epicurus say: "Infinite Time contains no more pain than limited time when the limit of pain is measured by reason?" 15
- Cassius
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How Old Was Epicurus When He Died? 3
- Eikadistes
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Repackaged Epicureanism from a Christian writer? 11
- Robert
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Brain Damage and Religious Fundamentalism 1
- Eikadistes
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Nothing Ain't Worth Nothing.... 16
- kochiekoch
November 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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New Slideshow: Nothing Comes From Nothing
- Cassius
November 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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To Whom Was Epicurus' Last Letter Addressed? 19
- Eikadistes
December 30, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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Pompeii Then and Now 6
- kochiekoch
January 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Ancient Greek Numbering System 1
- Cassius
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The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
- Kalosyni
April 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Life Found Elsewhere? 7
- kochiekoch
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Sweetness and Light 9
- Joshua
May 30, 2019 at 9:35 AM
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Poem - Hermarchus 6
- Joshua
July 3, 2019 at 10:12 AM
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A Useful Analogy: The Preflight Checklist 18
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September 15, 2019 at 9:14 AM
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Epicureanism in the Imperial Age 4
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Happy Blasphemy Day 2
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September 30, 2019 at 11:35 AM
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Athens and the Open Library 8
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Navigating Family Prayer 5
- Joshua
December 21, 2019 at 10:17 PM
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Happy Twentieth of January, 2020! 2
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Happy Birthday Elayne! 4
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A scholarship for best work about Epicurus 1
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Mike Anyayahan's Blog: Epicureanmindset.blogspot.com 17
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Poem - To Boccaccio 3
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News from Italy - you'll love it! 18
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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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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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