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    2. New Users Please Read Here First

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    2. A Quote from Hobbes' "Leviathan" 6

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    2. A Quick And Dirty Summary Based On Lucretius:

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

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

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    2. A Passage That Seems Particularly Appropriate About Now 5

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    2. A painting from Daniel Op De Beeck 2

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    2. A Lovely Little Way to Refer to Memories

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      • March 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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    2. A little lesson on death in the supermarket... 3

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    2. A List of Life Pleasures 4

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    2. A line of questioning on Epicurean Theology 6

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

      • Cassius
      • January 13, 2019 at 5:45 PM
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    2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Arrakis 1

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    2. A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6

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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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      August 15, 2019 at 9:31 AM

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

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    2. 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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    2. A Draft Epicurean Pleasure Maximization Worksheet 8

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      • July 11, 2019 at 10:25 PM
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    2. A Discussion on the Epicurean View of Death 3

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      • March 12, 2020 at 10:00 AM
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    4. Hiram

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    2. A Discussion On Pleasure and the Zero State 5

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      • June 26, 2019 at 8:17 AM
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    2. A Challenge To Epicurean Thinking Grounded in Epistemology and Physics 20

      • Cassius
      • March 12, 2022 at 11:32 AM
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    2. A Brief Update and on Suggestion of Discord Gardens 1

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    2. A "Daily Epicurean"? 16

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    4. Marco

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    2. A Image Theme For Consideration: Images From A Parallel World That Took A Better Turn 2000 Years Ago 6

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    2. 21st Century Epicurean (My Blog) -- An Exploration of Minimalism Leads to Hygge 2

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    2. ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus 9

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    2. [Toby Sherman's Ancient Guide To Modern Well-being] That article I mentioned at the on line Wednesday 8/17 meeting 34

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    2. «Embraced (Entangled) Forever and Ever» (Post By Elli At Facebook from Dimitri Liantinis - Excerpt From Gemma) 11

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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. "Voices From The Ancient World" Greek and Latin Reference Site

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    2. "Uninspiring Responses of the Day" Thread 1

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    2. Why pursue unnecessary desires? 41

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    2. The Importance Of The Perfect Not Being Allowed To Be The Enemy of The Good 29

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    2. Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 10

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