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    2. A Challenge To Epicurean Thinking Grounded in Epistemology and Physics 20

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    2. A Discussion On Pleasure and the Zero State 5

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    2. A Discussion on the Epicurean View of Death 3

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    2. A Draft Epicurean Pleasure Maximization Worksheet 8

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    2. A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7

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    2. A Facebook Question On Continental Philosophy and Nate's Response 3

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    2. A Few Recent Acquisitions 1

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      • August 14, 2019 at 10:58 PM
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    2. A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6

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    2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Arrakis 1

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    2. A Landing Similar To That Which Has Probably Been Done Innumerable Times Before

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      • January 13, 2019 at 5:45 PM
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    2. A line of questioning on Epicurean Theology 6

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    2. A List of Life Pleasures 4

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    2. A little lesson on death in the supermarket... 3

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    2. A Lovely Little Way to Refer to Memories

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    2. A painting from Daniel Op De Beeck 2

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    2. A Passage That Seems Particularly Appropriate About Now 5

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    2. A Practical Question About An Aspect of Politics That Matters

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    2. A Proposal To Set Up An Audio Question / Answer Program

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    2. A Quick And Dirty Summary Based On Lucretius:

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    2. A Quote from Hobbes' "Leviathan" 6

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    2. A Reddit Exchange With Comments 8

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    2. A sage “masters wealth” - Epicurus 1

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    2. A scholarship for best work about Epicurus 1

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    2. A Seasonal Poem - "Fake News"

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

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    2. A Sobering Look at Google Ngrams 4

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    2. A Teachable Moment with Hurricane Dorian

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    2. A thought on duty to the whole world, and why virtue must be an instrument to happiness. 9

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    2. A Useful Analogy: The Preflight Checklist 18

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