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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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Year Calculations 1
- Cassius
September 4, 2023 at 8:09 AM
- Cassius
September 4, 2023 at 8:21 AM
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Lucy Hutchinson / Puritans / Cromwell 4
- Cassius
September 3, 2023 at 7:51 AM
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January 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Let's Make a List of 1) Major Causes of the Decline of Epicurean Philosophy after Lucretius and 2) The Obstacles to its Revival Through Today 21
- Kalosyni
August 20, 2023 at 1:02 PM
- Kalosyni
August 25, 2023 at 2:20 PM
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Julie Giovacchini - "The Tetrapharmakos, Authentic Formula Or Simplistic Summary Of Epicurean Ethics?" 5
- Don
August 3, 2023 at 1:35 PM
- Don
August 4, 2023 at 2:33 PM
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Elli Quote From Pericles: "And the pleasure which we daily feel in all these things helps us to banish any sorrow."
- Cassius
May 28, 2023 at 9:14 AM
- Cassius
May 28, 2023 at 9:14 AM
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Who to believe? 34
- ThinkingCat
May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
- ThinkingCat
June 8, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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New Work of Historical Fiction With Epicurean Connections by Christian Luchini - "The Posillipo Enigma" 4
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:11 AM
- Cassius
June 29, 2023 at 1:38 PM
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"Living Life Full Measure" as an Epicurean Metaphor 3
- Cassius
May 14, 2023 at 1:40 PM
- Cassius
May 15, 2023 at 2:28 PM
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Eudoxus - Precursor to Epicurus and More Like Him Than Aristippus? 4
- Cassius
May 12, 2023 at 7:51 PM
- Cassius
May 12, 2023 at 9:32 PM
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Epicurus And Pleasure As The Awareness Of Smooth Motion 13
- Cassius
May 10, 2023 at 9:18 AM
- Cassius
February 6, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Comparison Between Cyrenaic and Epicurean Epistemology 5
- Cassius
April 23, 2023 at 4:58 PM
- Cassius
April 30, 2023 at 11:40 AM
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What Are The Possible Reasons (And Of These, The Most Likely) Why The List of 40 Principal Doctrines Does Not Feature A Statement Explicitly Stating Pleasure To Be The Goal of Life? 39
- Cassius
February 13, 2023 at 6:19 AM
- Cassius
February 14, 2023 at 3:15 PM
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New Christos Yapijakis Article: "The Philosophical Management of Stress" 39
- Cassius
January 6, 2023 at 2:37 PM
- Cassius
January 8, 2023 at 7:05 PM
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Living the Epicurean Philosophy
- Kalosyni
January 3, 2023 at 2:56 PM
- Kalosyni
January 3, 2023 at 2:56 PM
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Help Needed With Broken Links 3
- Cassius
December 29, 2022 at 12:28 PM
- Cassius
December 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM
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Probably One Of The Worst Ideas/Questions I Have Ever Posed: "Is There Any Community-Building Opportunity in The On-Line Game Zero AD?" 13
- Cassius
October 27, 2022 at 7:26 PM
- Cassius
October 28, 2022 at 12:44 PM
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Diogenes of Oinoanda And the Timing of Causes 11
- Cassius
October 11, 2022 at 10:51 PM
- Cassius
October 12, 2022 at 2:31 PM
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Research Assistance (Technology)
- Cassius
September 21, 2022 at 11:44 AM
- Cassius
September 21, 2022 at 11:44 AM
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Epicureanusm and Romantic Love 11
- Philliped1
June 27, 2022 at 6:52 PM
- Philliped1
July 18, 2022 at 4:42 PM
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Senigallia Epicurean Festival Coming Up July 21-23 7
- Cassius
June 26, 2022 at 9:04 AM
- Cassius
July 27, 2022 at 10:01 AM
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Is there a notion of cultivating "sensitivity" in Epicureanism? 4
- Root304
May 27, 2022 at 8:34 PM
- Root304
May 27, 2022 at 10:55 PM
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Is Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Compatible with Epicureanism? 23
- Kalosyni
May 3, 2022 at 5:53 PM
- Kalosyni
May 4, 2022 at 10:53 PM
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Images of Polyaenus? 3
- Twentier
February 22, 2022 at 8:47 AM
- Twentier
February 23, 2022 at 4:57 PM
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Essentialism? 3
- Marco
January 3, 2022 at 7:15 AM
- Marco
January 3, 2022 at 8:30 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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Diogenes Laertius on Epicurean Ethics 3
- Kalosyni
December 1, 2021 at 1:36 PM
- Kalosyni
December 2, 2021 at 1:58 AM
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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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Future Podcasting Plans - Lucretius Today and Otherwise 8
- Cassius
September 11, 2021 at 9:55 AM
- Cassius
September 14, 2021 at 1:56 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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