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    2. To Whom Was Epicurus' Last Letter Addressed? 19

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    2. Aonius Palearius - Sixteenth Century Figure With Some Epicurean Sympathies

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    2. what did epicurean actually mean by free will ? i think the article on the main page is confusing determinism with fatalism 8

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    2. How Would Epicurus Analyze The Slogan "Live Free Or Die" As An Ethical Guide? 6

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    2. November 2024 General Thoughts On What Epicurean Philosophy Means To Me. 6

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    2. Stoics Aren't Ascetics... It's Those Epicureans! 9

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    2. “Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3

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    2. Aspects of Pleasure - Dopamine, Endorphine, Continuity 7

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    2. Why Do We Consider The Absence of Pain To Be Pleasure? 18

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    2. Nothing Ain't Worth Nothing.... 16

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    2. Prolepsis / Anticipations As Epicurus' Answer to the MENO Problem 34

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    2. Question on Lucretius 6

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    2. Epicureanism and Scientific Debates Epicurean Tradition and its Ancient Reception - New (2023) Collection of Commentaries 7

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    2. Notes on Epicurean Salvation; Recursion and Restructuring 1

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    2. An Example of Stoic Logical Reasoning - On Divination

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    2. Dating the Works of Epicurus 6

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    2. Epicurean Philosophy And Boomer Word Associations ("Feeling No Pain") 3

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    2. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Complains "The World Is Unjust / Life Isn't Fair"? 5

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    2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9

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    2. Preconceptions and PD24 42

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    2. The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47

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