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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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"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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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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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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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion 6
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
May 9, 2024 at 8:29 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 50
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
May 10, 2024 at 8:05 AM
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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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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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The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars 4
- Joshua
September 22, 2021 at 10:59 PM
- Joshua
September 23, 2021 at 11:35 PM
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The Polytheism of the Epicureans 1
- Hiram
August 28, 2019 at 12:34 PM
- Hiram
August 28, 2019 at 1:40 PM
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The Science of Understanding Near Death Experiences -- A very good article to read 2
- Kalosyni
October 23, 2022 at 5:34 PM
- Kalosyni
October 24, 2022 at 3:50 PM
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The Sliver of the New Moon at Nightfall (Tue, Jul 18th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:32 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:32 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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The Temple of Venus Genetrix 5
- Joshua
August 28, 2023 at 9:58 PM
- Joshua
August 29, 2023 at 10:06 AM
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The True Scale of Atoms 14
- Don
December 23, 2023 at 10:26 PM
- Don
December 26, 2023 at 12:03 PM
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The UK / Count Dankula Verdict
- Cassius
March 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM
- Cassius
March 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM
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The Wormwood Illustration In Lucretius 3
- Cassius
October 6, 2020 at 4:42 AM
- Cassius
October 6, 2020 at 12:55 PM
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Thomas Carnes - Keeping the Friend in Epicurean Friendship 6
- warjuning
July 9, 2023 at 11:50 AM
- warjuning
July 9, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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Thoughts For An Online Discussion Format - Preparing An Outline in Real Time 3
- Cassius
February 5, 2021 at 9:23 AM
- Cassius
February 5, 2021 at 4:09 PM
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Thoughts On Alain de Botton 8
- Cassius
June 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM
- Cassius
July 1, 2019 at 12:22 PM
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Thoughts on Categorizing Desires: Natural, Necessary, and Vain 7
- Kalosyni
October 7, 2022 at 9:55 AM
- Kalosyni
October 11, 2022 at 8:51 AM
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Thoughts on Prudence and the Virtues in the Letter to Menoeceus 8
- Root304
August 1, 2022 at 2:06 AM
- Root304
August 2, 2022 at 8:20 PM
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Three Documented Examples Where Students of Epicurus Diverged From Their Teacher.
- Cassius
December 30, 2018 at 9:28 AM
- Cassius
December 30, 2018 at 9:28 AM
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Tim O'Keefe's "Epicurean Guide To Christmas" (An Article And Responses) 27
- Cassius
December 29, 2021 at 2:28 PM
- Cassius
December 30, 2021 at 10:21 AM
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Tips on Forum Usage
- Cassius
July 14, 2019 at 7:48 PM
- Cassius
July 14, 2019 at 7:48 PM
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Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24
- Cassius
November 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM
- Cassius
November 29, 2023 at 9:56 AM
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To A Very Happy 20th 6
- Martin
August 20, 2019 at 11:28 AM
- Martin
August 21, 2019 at 4:08 PM
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To What Extent, If Any, Does Modern Physics Invalidate Epicurean Philosophy? 35
- Cassius
August 15, 2020 at 5:39 AM
- Cassius
August 16, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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Top Problematic Attitude and “Life Premise” Issues Made Worse By Stoicism and Cured by Epicurean Philosophy
- Cassius
February 18, 2017 at 3:40 PM
- Cassius
February 18, 2017 at 3:40 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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Translation (A poem) 15
- Don
July 29, 2021 at 9:22 AM
- Don
August 5, 2021 at 8:44 PM
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Twitter Users? 6
- A_Gardner
February 25, 2021 at 12:35 PM
- A_Gardner
February 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM
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Two Musical Treats - Don, and the Epicureans 8
- Cassius
August 14, 2021 at 6:36 AM
- Cassius
August 15, 2021 at 11:52 AM
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Ubuntu: African Humanism and Epicurean Philanthropy 1
- Hiram
July 8, 2019 at 12:28 PM
- Hiram
July 8, 2019 at 4:34 PM
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Understanding of good vs. bad desires? 1
- Hiram
February 13, 2019 at 6:54 AM
- Hiram
February 13, 2019 at 9:09 AM
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Universal Basic Income 14
- Hiram
February 14, 2019 at 10:23 AM
- Hiram
February 26, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Updated Alternative Timeline of Epicurean History 1
- Don
January 18, 2022 at 4:24 PM
- Don
January 18, 2022 at 4:35 PM
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