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- Cassius
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Martial, Ode on Mount Vesuvius 5
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The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars 4
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Fun with Ambigrams 3
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The Amazonian Tribe That Won't Believe in God 2
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Greenblatt and his Detractors 13
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
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The 422nd Anniversary of the Execution of Giordano Bruno 2
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Sir William Temple, "Upon the Gardens of Epicurus", 1685 5
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The Last Words of Charles Darwin 8
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Phantasmatic Shakespeare, by Suparna Roychoudhury
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Arrakis 1
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Denis Lambin 2
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Sculptures Damaged at the Vatican 15
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Anniversary of the Execution of Giordano Bruno in the Campo de Fiori in Rome (Fri, Feb 17th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm) 1
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Dr. Frans de Waal, Primatologist 16
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Joseph Conrad, Author's Note to the 2nd Edition of "The Shadow Line" 2
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The First New Moon After the Summer Solstice (Mon, Jul 17th 2023)
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The Sliver of the New Moon at Nightfall (Tue, Jul 18th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm)
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A Sense of Guilt Among the Early Greeks? (C. S. Lewis)
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In Memoriam T. Lucretii Cari 6
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The Passing of Prof. Daniel Dennett 3
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Anniversary of the Founding of Alexandria in 331 BC (Mon, Apr 7th 2025)
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Forward vs Backward Momentum 23
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
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Multiple Components Comprise the Epicurean Life 30
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Argumentation Theory of Stephen E. Toulmin 5
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Atlantic article about enjoyment vs. pleasure 47
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The Life Enhancing Benefits of Epicurean Philosophy 4
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The Garden Then -- and the Garden Now 10
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Natural Goods in Epicureanism 10
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Why pursue unnecessary desires? 41
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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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