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    2. "The Philosophical Mind" enters the skull of Epicurus 12

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    2. Artificial Intelligence, Sentience, Sapience 9

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    2. Concerning religiosity 5

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    2. New Music Created by Michele Pinto and Andrea Celidoni - Free As Epicurus - The Epicurus Rap! 8

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    2. Virgil's "Felix Qui Potuit Rerum Cognoscere Causas.." 1

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    2. Alciphron, Letters, Letters of the Courtesans: Leontion to Lamia (Fictional Epistle) 8

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

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    2. Creative Assistance Needed! "The Twelve Days of Class With Epicurus" 8

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    2. Sweetness and Light 9

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    2. "The Rise and Fall of Alexandria", Howard Reid and Justin Pollard 11

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    2. Poem - Hermarchus 6

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    2. Who are your Persians? 8

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    2. What was the geographical reach of Ancient Epicurean thought? 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. Would Epicurus say: "Infinite Time contains no more pain than limited time when the limit of pain is measured by reason?" 15

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    2. The Kind of Ring I'd Like to See 8

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    2. Marshal de Saint Evremond on Epicurus 8

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    2. How Would You Answer Someone New Who Asked You: "What Is Epicurean Philosophy All About?" 4

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    2. A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7

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    2. Poem - Abonoteichus 6

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    2. Consideration of the Attic month and Nate's graphic of the moon on the 20th 18

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    2. Michel de Montaigne on pleasure 9

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    2. John Stuart Mill on Epicurus 9

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    2. The (belated) Decline of Christianity in the United States 11

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    2. Thoughts On Alain de Botton 8

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