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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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Epicurean Warnings Against Misrepresentation (Intentional or Negligent) In Philosophy 2
- Cassius
January 14, 2024 at 8:37 AM
- Cassius
January 14, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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Ecclesiastes what insights can we gleam from it? 1
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 6:11 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 6:30 AM
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Eudoxus of Cnidus was a large camel 2
- Bryan
February 3, 2024 at 11:09 PM
- Bryan
February 4, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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Article: Chimpanzees observed using human-like warfare tactic 1
- Kalosyni
November 2, 2023 at 7:09 PM
- Kalosyni
November 2, 2023 at 7:56 PM
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Placita by Aetius 5
- Bryan
March 25, 2024 at 7:57 PM
- Bryan
March 26, 2024 at 12:09 PM
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Early homo sapiens and sociability.
- kochiekoch
May 17, 2023 at 9:42 PM
- kochiekoch
May 17, 2023 at 9:42 PM
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The pleasure ideal: Epicurean vs Cyrenaic 3
- Peter Konstans
March 29, 2024 at 2:01 PM
- Peter Konstans
March 31, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Epicurus in Senigallia - Italy 1
- michelepinto
July 13, 2023 at 5:48 AM
- michelepinto
July 13, 2023 at 6:01 AM
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Roman Dodecahedrons 2
- Cassius
January 29, 2024 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
January 30, 2024 at 11:41 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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Year Calculations 1
- Cassius
September 4, 2023 at 8:09 AM
- Cassius
September 4, 2023 at 8:21 AM
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A Welcome Sign From Shahab
- Cassius
October 28, 2020 at 2:13 PM
- Cassius
October 28, 2020 at 2:13 PM
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Epicurean Instagram post
- Don
June 12, 2021 at 7:41 AM
- Don
June 12, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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A Sense of Guilt Among the Early Greeks? (C. S. Lewis)
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 AM
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 AM
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The First New Moon After the Summer Solstice (Mon, Jul 17th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
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First Monday Epicurean Philosophy Discussion Hour - Via Zoom 8pm ET (Mon, Jan 1st 2024, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm)
- Kalosyni
December 29, 2023 at 3:33 PM
- Kalosyni
December 29, 2023 at 3:33 PM
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Let's Bring Back de Bergerac 3
- Cyrano
February 2, 2024 at 5:22 PM
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February 3, 2024 at 5:01 PM
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Ninon de l'Enclos site
- kochiekoch
August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
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August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
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Great Post From Holly At Facebook Crediting Motivation From "Living For Pleasure"
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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Happy Holidays And End of Year 2022 Thread
- Cassius
December 25, 2022 at 11:44 AM
- Cassius
December 25, 2022 at 11:44 AM
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Animal Intelligence - Parrots and Videoconferencing
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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Moderation Notice 1
- Joshua
October 5, 2023 at 12:18 AM
- Joshua
October 5, 2023 at 5:15 AM
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Happy Athenian New Year! (Wed, Jul 19th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
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Quick Note Re The Vatican Sayings Forums 1
- Cassius
July 4, 2023 at 9:11 PM
- Cassius
July 4, 2023 at 9:24 PM
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Happy Holidays to all our Members, Friends and Visitors! 1
- Kalosyni
December 23, 2023 at 5:45 PM
- Kalosyni
December 23, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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Frank Rose and Narrative Thinking
- Don
September 17, 2021 at 6:15 AM
- Don
September 17, 2021 at 6:15 AM
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Forum Organization Comment
- Cassius
January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
- Cassius
January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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The Suda, 10th Century Byzantine Encyclopedia 2
- Don
November 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM
- Don
November 6, 2023 at 8:54 AM
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Epicurus' On the nature of things 5
- mcluhan
February 1, 2024 at 1:42 PM
- mcluhan
February 1, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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Joseph Thompson - "Lucretius Or Paul?" 1875 7
- Don
February 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
- Don
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