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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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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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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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"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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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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"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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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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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
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December 10, 2023 at 5:41 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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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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Why was Epicurus condemned to the sixth circle of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy? 3
- Hiram
January 7, 2019 at 10:55 AM
- Hiram
January 7, 2019 at 11:51 AM
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What does a government based on Epicureanism look like? 2
- Hiram
January 9, 2019 at 9:35 AM
- Hiram
February 24, 2019 at 4:36 PM
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Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16
- Matt
January 10, 2019 at 8:48 AM
- Matt
January 22, 2019 at 6:28 PM
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Mythological Discussions - Greek mythology and other myths compared and analyzed 3
- Matt
January 12, 2019 at 8:48 AM
- Matt
January 12, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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A Landing Similar To That Which Has Probably Been Done Innumerable Times Before
- Cassius
January 13, 2019 at 5:45 PM
- Cassius
January 13, 2019 at 5:45 PM
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A Place to Start
- Cassius
January 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM
- Cassius
January 21, 2019 at 4:41 PM
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The Phaeacian Princess - Homer and Nietzsche
- Cassius
January 22, 2019 at 8:35 AM
- Cassius
January 22, 2019 at 8:35 AM
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Epicurus Discussed On The PartiallyExaminedLife.com Podcast 7
- Hiram
January 24, 2019 at 11:13 AM
- Hiram
January 29, 2019 at 9:47 AM
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We are All Born Hedonists 1
- Hiram
January 27, 2019 at 11:39 AM
- Hiram
January 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM
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Epicurean virtues listed by importance 8
- godek
January 28, 2019 at 8:45 PM
- godek
February 1, 2019 at 7:47 AM
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Memorial: Amrinder Singh's Birthday (Mon, Dec 24th 2018, 8:00 am-8:00 pm)
- Cassius
January 31, 2019 at 11:17 AM
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January 31, 2019 at 11:17 AM
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An Epicurean "Sanity Check" 14
- Cassius
February 2, 2019 at 11:55 PM
- Cassius
February 5, 2019 at 8:20 AM
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Episode 208: Epicurus on Seeking Pleasure (Part Two) 1
- Hiram
February 4, 2019 at 3:12 PM
- Hiram
February 5, 2019 at 7:04 AM
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Priorities: How To Rank "Pursuing Pleasure" vs. "Avoiding Pain" 2
- Cassius
February 4, 2019 at 5:10 PM
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February 5, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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Who are your Persians? 8
- Matt
February 5, 2019 at 10:20 AM
- Matt
February 22, 2019 at 3:19 PM
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Growth Through Sharing Graphics / Memes 4
- Cassius
February 6, 2019 at 8:45 AM
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February 7, 2019 at 11:18 AM
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The fundamental Canon 3
- Matt
February 6, 2019 at 9:35 AM
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February 6, 2019 at 1:35 PM
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What was the geographical reach of Ancient Epicurean thought? 8
- Matt
February 9, 2019 at 5:30 PM
- Matt
February 10, 2019 at 12:20 PM
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Epicureans and the Ancient Greek Gods (Imagery of "Gods" / "Gods Among Men") 70
- Matt
February 12, 2019 at 4:01 PM
- Matt
March 27, 2019 at 6:47 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 Web Site - AFewDaysInAthens.com
- Cassius
February 15, 2019 at 8:13 PM
- Cassius
February 15, 2019 at 8:13 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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On Epicurean Economics
- Hiram
February 20, 2019 at 8:35 AM
- Hiram
February 20, 2019 at 8:35 AM
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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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Request For Assistance -- Public Domain Graphics! 4
- Cassius
February 24, 2019 at 4:27 PM
- Cassius
February 24, 2019 at 5:36 PM
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Meeting the Epicurean challenge: a reply to Christensen 5
- Hiram
February 25, 2019 at 7:26 AM
- Hiram
February 28, 2019 at 9:54 AM
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Interesting! #Epicurean interior design?! 8
- Hiram
February 25, 2019 at 12:33 PM
- Hiram
October 18, 2019 at 5:42 PM
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Epicureans on Squandering Life 4
- Hiram
February 26, 2019 at 10:15 AM
- Hiram
February 27, 2019 at 9:55 AM
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Venus: Conceiving The Good 5
- Cassius
February 26, 2019 at 2:22 PM
- Cassius
February 27, 2019 at 10:05 AM
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