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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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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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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
- Joshua
February 9, 2022 at 9:55 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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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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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
- Cassius
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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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
- Cassius
December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 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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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
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
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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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Participants' Epicurean Book and Artifact Collections 16
- Cassius
January 17, 2022 at 9:16 AM
- Cassius
January 21, 2022 at 7:42 AM
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Joshua's "Only The Beginning" Observation 23
- Cassius
January 8, 2022 at 4:49 PM
- Cassius
January 12, 2022 at 12:50 AM
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Tim O'Keefe's "Epicurean Guide To Christmas" (An Article And Responses) 27
- Cassius
December 29, 2021 at 2:28 PM
- Cassius
December 30, 2021 at 10:21 AM
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New Audio Version of Torquatus' Presentation of Epicurean Ethics - Read By Joshua 8
- Cassius
November 26, 2021 at 10:02 PM
- Cassius
January 27, 2022 at 9:03 AM
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"For Life Has No Terrors . . . " 15
- Cassius
November 11, 2021 at 8:52 AM
- Cassius
November 14, 2021 at 5:46 AM
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The "No Need For Nihilism" Proof
- Cassius
October 26, 2021 at 5:07 PM
- Cassius
October 26, 2021 at 5:07 PM
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Brutus' Appeal to Fate? (A Note to Analyze This At Some Point In the Future) 2
- Cassius
October 25, 2021 at 4:07 PM
- Cassius
October 25, 2021 at 5:49 PM
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The "One and the Many" Question - Do You Fancy You Have Found Treasure of Wisdom In This? Do You Puzzle Your Friends And Even Your Dog About It? What In the World Is Socrates Talking About? 18
- Cassius
October 24, 2021 at 11:31 AM
- Cassius
October 24, 2021 at 6:59 PM
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Meme Creativity Requested! 4
- Cassius
October 22, 2021 at 1:15 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2021 at 5:01 PM
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Finding Cultural / Artistic / Musical Variations on Four Key Epicurean Themes 7
- Cassius
October 20, 2021 at 8:55 AM
- Cassius
October 20, 2021 at 7:17 PM
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Nate's Compilation of Alternative Translations of the Principal Doctrines 12
- Cassius
October 8, 2021 at 1:28 PM
- Cassius
November 25, 2021 at 9:19 AM
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Future Podcasting Plans - Lucretius Today and Otherwise 8
- Cassius
September 11, 2021 at 9:55 AM
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September 14, 2021 at 1:56 AM
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Goethe and Epicurus / Lucretius
- Cassius
September 4, 2021 at 8:23 PM
- Cassius
September 4, 2021 at 8:23 PM
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Best Recent Version of Diogenes Laertius? 32
- Cassius
August 29, 2021 at 7:52 PM
- Cassius
September 6, 2021 at 9:45 AM
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EpicureanFriends Participants Reading List Report 2
- Cassius
August 25, 2021 at 1:56 PM
- Cassius
August 26, 2021 at 8:08 AM
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If We Could Commission Davide Baldoni To Do More Scenes From Lucretius, What Would You Suggest They Be?
- Cassius
August 22, 2021 at 5:50 AM
- Cassius
August 22, 2021 at 5:50 AM
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Two Musical Treats - Don, and the Epicureans 8
- Cassius
August 14, 2021 at 6:36 AM
- Cassius
August 15, 2021 at 11:52 AM
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Claude Adrienne Helvetius 5
- Cassius
July 21, 2021 at 12:26 PM
- Cassius
July 21, 2021 at 8:01 PM
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Eleni Avdoulou wins the award NetoIP 2021 with a thesis about the Papyri of Herculaneum
- Cassius
July 15, 2021 at 12:22 PM
- Cassius
July 15, 2021 at 12:22 PM
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Taking The Temperature Of A Six Year Old Forum 12
- Cassius
June 9, 2021 at 11:19 AM
- Cassius
June 25, 2021 at 8:48 AM
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Article: "Epicurean Philosophy in Cicero's De Republica - Serious Threat or Convenient Foil?" (Walter Englert)
- Cassius
May 23, 2021 at 6:23 AM
- Cassius
May 23, 2021 at 6:23 AM
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Nate's "Back of the Book" Graphic 5
- Cassius
May 13, 2021 at 9:40 AM
- Cassius
May 13, 2021 at 9:09 PM
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Epicurus' Favorite Insults 13
- Cassius
April 29, 2021 at 1:15 PM
- Cassius
May 28, 2022 at 7:55 AM
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New Annual Event - The "Bread And Water Multimedia Award" - Nominations for 2021 Award (to be selected in December) Now Open! 10
- Cassius
April 26, 2021 at 3:35 PM
- Cassius
April 27, 2021 at 3:02 PM
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Thanks to Nate For The Recent Meme Additions 7
- Cassius
April 25, 2021 at 7:07 AM
- Cassius
April 26, 2021 at 5:09 PM
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Bust Of Epicurus Reconstructed - Great Video Shared by Elli! 7
- Cassius
April 21, 2021 at 9:05 PM
- Cassius
April 24, 2021 at 10:24 AM
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List of Personal Websites of Regular EpicureanFriends Participants
- Cassius
April 5, 2021 at 8:23 AM
- Cassius
April 5, 2021 at 8:23 AM
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Congratulations to Matt on his addition to his family 4
- Cassius
April 1, 2021 at 9:44 AM
- Cassius
April 13, 2021 at 10:03 PM
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Aurelian Robert and His Book "Epicurus in The Underworld" 1
- Cassius
February 26, 2021 at 3:37 PM
- Cassius
February 26, 2021 at 3:47 PM
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Epicurean Food Trivia - Garum? 9
- Cassius
February 23, 2021 at 7:03 AM
- Cassius
January 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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