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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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"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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Creative Assistance Needed! "The Twelve Days of Class With Epicurus" 8
- Cassius
January 4, 2020 at 7:54 PM
- Cassius
January 5, 2020 at 4:37 PM
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Creating and Nurturing the Epicurean Philosophy Community 5
- Kalosyni
December 9, 2021 at 3:33 PM
- Kalosyni
December 17, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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Coronavirus - Epicurean World Report! 37
- Cassius
March 13, 2020 at 8:26 AM
- Cassius
March 24, 2020 at 10:22 AM
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Convincing Demonstrations of the God(s) 1
- Twentier
August 22, 2023 at 2:34 PM
- Twentier
August 23, 2023 at 5:36 AM
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Contemporary Chronology 2
- Don
December 29, 2020 at 10:56 PM
- Don
December 30, 2020 at 7:17 AM
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Consideration of the Attic month and Nate's graphic of the moon on the 20th 18
- Kalosyni
November 30, 2022 at 9:10 AM
- Kalosyni
November 30, 2022 at 10:46 PM
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Congratulations to Matt on his addition to his family 4
- Cassius
April 1, 2021 at 9:44 AM
- Cassius
April 13, 2021 at 10:03 PM
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Confusing quote? 2
- Mathitis Kipouros
July 3, 2022 at 7:20 PM
- Mathitis Kipouros
July 3, 2022 at 7:50 PM
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Condolences to Elayne On The Loss of Her Father 2
- Cassius
November 28, 2020 at 6:26 PM
- Cassius
December 1, 2020 at 6:38 PM
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Concerning religiosity 5
- Cassius
February 22, 2019 at 7:28 AM
- Cassius
February 22, 2019 at 4:23 PM
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Competencies of Understanding in Epicurean Philosophy 2
- Kalosyni
August 7, 2023 at 9:05 AM
- Kalosyni
August 7, 2023 at 10:49 AM
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Compatibility of Epicureanism and Existential Therapy 12
- Kalosyni
August 30, 2022 at 8:57 AM
- Kalosyni
July 29, 2023 at 9:50 AM
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Comparison Between Cyrenaic and Epicurean Epistemology 5
- Cassius
April 23, 2023 at 4:58 PM
- Cassius
April 30, 2023 at 11:40 AM
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Community Health And Wellness Check 10
- Cassius
January 23, 2020 at 10:36 PM
- Cassius
January 28, 2020 at 9:51 PM
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Comments on Videos on Epicurus By Professor G. Stadler of ModernStoicism.com
- Cassius
January 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM
- Cassius
January 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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Cleanup from Upgrade of the Forum 7
- Cassius
November 24, 2020 at 11:30 AM
- Cassius
November 24, 2020 at 4:02 PM
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Claude Adrienne Helvetius 5
- Cassius
July 21, 2021 at 12:26 PM
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July 21, 2021 at 8:01 PM
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Classification of Epicurean Philosophy 4
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 27, 2020 at 12:49 AM
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June 29, 2020 at 3:00 PM
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Cicero and the Epicureans: an online thesis 2
- Kalosyni
November 24, 2021 at 5:14 PM
- Kalosyni
November 24, 2021 at 6:06 PM
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Christos Yapijakis: "Epicurean Philosophy, Modern Science, and Life" - A Presentation With Question / Answer Session.
- Cassius
November 24, 2018 at 4:55 PM
- Cassius
November 24, 2018 at 4:55 PM
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Christos Yapijakis: "Mistakes of Cognitive Perception and Epicurean Prudence"
- Cassius
February 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM
- Cassius
February 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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Christos Yapijakis and The Garden Of Athens Release "Epicurean Philosophy: An Introduction from The Garden of Athens" 5
- Cassius
January 6, 2023 at 2:01 PM
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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Chris Rodda, "Liars for Jesus" 4
- Joshua
July 16, 2020 at 1:50 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2020 at 7:35 PM
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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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Cassius' Ebooks 1
- Cassius
January 3, 2019 at 9:54 AM
- Cassius
August 16, 2021 at 5:35 PM
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Cartesian beliefs on sensory perception vs Epicurean knowledge acquired through the senses 6
- profkesarsarwara
April 29, 2024 at 9:33 AM
- profkesarsarwara
April 30, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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Carl Sagan, the 4th dimension, episode 20 of Lucretius Today, physics 48
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 14, 2021 at 11:41 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 21, 2021 at 7:37 AM
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2
- Joshua
July 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM
- Joshua
July 31, 2019 at 7:25 PM
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Can You Suggest A Reading List For New Students of Epicurus? 9
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 11:46 AM
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 10:46 PM
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Can you seek happiness and be full of joy when there is a war in Europe? Wes Cecil podcast. 42
- Marco
May 15, 2022 at 4:06 AM
- Marco
May 20, 2022 at 12:54 PM
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