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    2. Epicurus’ On Nature – Books XI-XIV

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    2. In the Name of the Twelve (By Zeus!) 1

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    2. Six Key Assertions of Epicurean Thought

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    2. Eleni Avdoulou wins the award NetoIP 2021 with a thesis about the Papyri of Herculaneum

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    2. For all you Celtic Epicureans! 1

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    2. Ancient Epicurean worldview (classes of compounds of atoms) 1

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