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    2. The Lamps are Going Out All Over the Imperium 1

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    2. Philosophers in the Rain (cartoon)

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    2. Carl Sagan, the 4th dimension, episode 20 of Lucretius Today, physics 48

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    2. Frank Rose and Narrative Thinking

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    2. "Setting Before the Eyes" 49

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    2. Rarely read writer DeCasseres on Epicurus' great discovery 8

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    2. The destruction of the ancient world 5

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    2. Epicurean nautical references, allusions, and metaphors in the texts 17

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    2. Questions Re PD 26 - PD30 From the 10/5/22 Zoom 27

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    2. Ten (10) commandments 22

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    2. Metaphorically Picturing Epicurean Philosophy 31

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    2. Five Doses That Trump Four Every Time - The "Five-Part Cure" 23

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    2. Dr. Frans de Waal, Primatologist 16

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    2. Bart Ehrman mentions Epicurus and the forged letters 9

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    2. The Importance Of The Perfect Not Being Allowed To Be The Enemy of The Good 29

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    2. Thomas Carnes - Keeping the Friend in Epicurean Friendship 6

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    2. The First New Moon After the Summer Solstice (Mon, Jul 17th 2023)

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    2. Convincing Demonstrations of the God(s) 1

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    2. A Sense of Guilt Among the Early Greeks? (C. S. Lewis)

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    2. French (Burlamaqui and Rousseau) and German (D'Holbach) Followers of Epicurus (?) 1

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    2. Discussion of New Substack Article: "A Gate To Be Burst: Absence of Pain" 29

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    2. Epicurean Philosophical Tenets That We Can Know With Certainty 1

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    2. Nate's "First Generation Epicureans" Research

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    2. Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6

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    2. Epicurus, Marcion the Heretic, and Tertullian 2

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    2. Why pursue unnecessary desires? 41

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    2. Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 10

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    2. Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths

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