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    2. Epicurus' Birthday 2021 (Wed, Jan 20th 2021 - Thu, Jan 21st 2021)

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    2. Epicurus' Birthday 2020 (Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 - Fri, Jan 3rd 2020)

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    2. An Example of the Translation Issues We Have To Deal With: Does The Wise Man Cry Out When On The Rack? (Answer: Yes!)

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      • October 28, 2019 at 9:06 AM
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    2. Names Applied to the Epicureans by Themselves Or Others 4

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    2. Guide of Life, Divine Pleasure - Doc Version 3

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    2. Profile of Past Reading 16

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    2. Happy Twentieth of October, 2019: What Would A Local Epicurean Organization Look Like? 9

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    2. I Am Firmly Convinced That The Future of Epicurean Philosophy Won't Be Found In The Ivory Tower 14

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    2. How are Epicurean things in Italy, Michele? 8

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    2. October 15 Birthday of Virgil, Date of Death of Lucretius, and Birthday of Friedrich Nietzsche (Tue, Oct 15th 2019, 11:00 am-12:59 pm)

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    2. October 15 Birthday of Lucretius and Virgil? 14

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    2. Video: The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus 2

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    2. Video: The Vatican List Of The Sayings Of Epicurus

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    2. Technology Question - How Best To Create "Video" With Speech Matched To Scrolling Text 37

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    2. New (October 1 2019) Catherine Wilson Speech Video on Epicurean Philosophy 10

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    2. What Would You Take To Cease To Be An Epicurean? 1

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    2. Six Key Assertions of Epicurean Thought

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    2. A Reddit Exchange With Comments 8

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    2. Discussion of Article: "Political Division In The Promotion of Epicurean Philosophy: A Prescription For Disaster" 6

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    2. Discussion of the Article "On Pleasure vs Tranquility - A Dialogue With Southampton"

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    2. A Useful Analogy: The Preflight Checklist 18

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    2. You may think that I am crazy to consider Epicurus to be a god...

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    2. Old Tullius Accuses Epicurus of Shirking 2

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    2. Article: "Coming to Know Epicurus' Truth: Distributed Cognition in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in D. O'Rourke (ed.), Approaches to Lucretius: Traditions and Innovations in Reading De Rerum Natura,

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    2. Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths

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