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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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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
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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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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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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
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February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
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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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"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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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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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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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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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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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
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December 2, 2023 at 3:27 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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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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December 9, 2018 at 10:54 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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Swerve some luck my way. 1
- Matthaios
February 21, 2021 at 7:57 PM
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February 22, 2021 at 5:52 AM
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Edward Abbey - My Favorite Quotes
- Joshua
July 11, 2019 at 7:57 PM
- Joshua
July 11, 2019 at 7:57 PM
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A Brief Update and on Suggestion of Discord Gardens 1
- A_Gardner
April 25, 2022 at 12:08 PM
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April 25, 2022 at 4:37 PM
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Overcome Suicidal Ideation and Find Greater Meaning in Life 1
- Kalosyni
October 14, 2022 at 10:19 AM
- Kalosyni
October 14, 2022 at 11:32 AM
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AudioBooks to Drive By
- Cassius
April 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
- Cassius
April 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
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The Appearance of "EpicurusInLove.com" 1
- Cassius
November 7, 2022 at 7:08 PM
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November 8, 2022 at 9:40 AM
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Epicurus' Birthday 2020 (Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 - Fri, Jan 3rd 2020)
- Cassius
November 1, 2019 at 2:07 PM
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November 1, 2019 at 2:07 PM
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"AI" Images 3
- Twentier
February 16, 2023 at 9:26 AM
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February 17, 2023 at 11:12 AM
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Happy 20th & Father's Day 2
- Don
June 20, 2021 at 8:00 AM
- Don
June 20, 2021 at 9:18 AM
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Help Needed With Broken Links 3
- Cassius
December 29, 2022 at 12:28 PM
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December 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM
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Explaining In Summary Form How A Man In Extreme Pain Can Be Said To Be "Happy" 20
- Cassius
April 20, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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April 21, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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Confusing quote? 2
- Mathitis Kipouros
July 3, 2022 at 7:20 PM
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July 3, 2022 at 7:50 PM
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Famous Historical Quotes *About* Epicurus 1
- Cassius
March 18, 2023 at 8:10 PM
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March 19, 2023 at 8:29 AM
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"Lucretius Was Right" Graphic
- Cassius
March 24, 2019 at 1:24 PM
- Cassius
March 24, 2019 at 1:24 PM
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One of the Greatest Epicureans of All? 8
- Cyrano
February 8, 2024 at 6:06 PM
- Cyrano
February 9, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Setting Lucretius to Music - An Example from Catullus
- Cassius
August 3, 2018 at 9:20 AM
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August 3, 2018 at 9:20 AM
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The Importance of the Sense of Smell 1
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 19, 2022 at 12:25 AM
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June 19, 2022 at 8:22 AM
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Arrakis 1
- Joshua
September 18, 2022 at 10:05 PM
- Joshua
September 19, 2022 at 4:44 AM
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On Epicurean Economics
- Hiram
February 20, 2019 at 8:35 AM
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February 20, 2019 at 8:35 AM
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A Image Theme For Consideration: Images From A Parallel World That Took A Better Turn 2000 Years Ago 6
- Cassius
December 23, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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December 24, 2023 at 8:04 AM
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Site Usage Feedback - February 2023 3
- Cassius
February 16, 2023 at 5:00 PM
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February 16, 2023 at 5:44 PM
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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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List of Personal Websites of Regular EpicureanFriends Participants
- Cassius
April 5, 2021 at 8:23 AM
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April 5, 2021 at 8:23 AM
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Forum Reorganization Update - Epicurean Self-Improvement 1
- Cassius
January 16, 2023 at 2:35 PM
- Cassius
January 17, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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Epicurean Thoughts On Taking Action
- Cassius
March 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM
- Cassius
March 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM
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Chatgpt on how to live the Epicurean life in todays society... overall not great 5
- Eoghan Gardiner
October 23, 2023 at 10:39 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
October 24, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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Phantasmatic Shakespeare, by Suparna Roychoudhury
- Joshua
June 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM
- Joshua
June 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM
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Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus: "We Do Not Mean....." - Sentence Structure Analysis
- Cassius
July 1, 2019 at 8:37 AM
- Cassius
July 1, 2019 at 8:37 AM
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Fortune cookie 1
- Don
January 27, 2023 at 11:49 PM
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January 28, 2023 at 2:21 PM
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