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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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"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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Challenge To Epicurean Thinking Grounded in Epistemology and Physics 20
- Cassius
March 12, 2022 at 11:32 AM
- Cassius
March 16, 2022 at 10:23 PM
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Major (In the Sense of Major Publication) Review of Emily Austin's "Living for Pleasure" 26
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:45 AM
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March 12, 2023 at 4:24 PM
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[Toby Sherman's Ancient Guide To Modern Well-being] That article I mentioned at the on line Wednesday 8/17 meeting 34
- kochiekoch
August 18, 2022 at 6:17 AM
- kochiekoch
August 23, 2022 at 3:29 PM
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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold 10
- Joshua
November 20, 2019 at 9:24 PM
- Joshua
November 21, 2019 at 2:41 PM
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On Epicurean Chaplaincy 8
- Hiram
July 2, 2019 at 11:24 AM
- Hiram
July 22, 2019 at 2:00 PM
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Imagery On The Interplay Between "Pursue Pleasure" and 'Avoid Pain" 33
- Cassius
March 28, 2023 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
March 31, 2023 at 10:10 AM
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The (belated) Decline of Christianity in the United States 11
- Joshua
October 19, 2019 at 8:35 PM
- Joshua
October 20, 2019 at 9:37 AM
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After Religion and Death, The Third Greatest Threat To Happiness As The Highest Goal of Life 5
- Cassius
December 27, 2018 at 4:33 PM
- Cassius
December 28, 2018 at 10:42 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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Is Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Compatible with Epicureanism? 23
- Kalosyni
May 3, 2022 at 5:53 PM
- Kalosyni
May 4, 2022 at 10:53 PM
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We Need A Game Show With A Lightning Round Question: "Happiness or Pleasure? - Why?" 28
- Cassius
February 2, 2023 at 8:16 PM
- Cassius
February 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
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My Plans For 2021 13
- Cassius
January 5, 2021 at 2:18 PM
- Cassius
March 17, 2021 at 10:13 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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EpicureanFriends Site Glitches 10
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 9:54 AM
- Cassius
October 18, 2019 at 10:39 PM
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Let's Make a List of 1) Major Causes of the Decline of Epicurean Philosophy after Lucretius and 2) The Obstacles to its Revival Through Today 21
- Kalosyni
August 20, 2023 at 1:02 PM
- Kalosyni
August 25, 2023 at 2:20 PM
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Ten (10) commandments 22
- Mathitis Kipouros
November 17, 2022 at 6:55 PM
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November 22, 2022 at 1:36 AM
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Epicurus' Favorite Insults 13
- Cassius
April 29, 2021 at 1:15 PM
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May 28, 2022 at 7:55 AM
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Questions Re PD 26 - PD30 From the 10/5/22 Zoom 27
- Cassius
October 6, 2022 at 8:30 AM
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October 10, 2022 at 6:40 AM
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Who to believe? 34
- ThinkingCat
May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
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June 8, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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Natural versus Unnatural 12
- Matt
December 30, 2020 at 8:54 AM
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January 10, 2021 at 12:33 PM
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Astronomical Events During the Time of Epicurus 16
- Twentier
May 27, 2021 at 6:34 PM
- Twentier
May 28, 2021 at 1:14 PM
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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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Herculaneum preservation 7
- Godfrey
June 11, 2019 at 7:54 PM
- Godfrey
June 12, 2019 at 8:54 PM
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The Definitive "Chrysippus' Hand Argument" Thread 29
- Cassius
April 18, 2023 at 8:47 PM
- Cassius
April 24, 2023 at 1:17 PM
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A Quote from Hobbes' "Leviathan" 6
- Cassius
August 13, 2019 at 5:24 AM
- Cassius
August 15, 2019 at 10:38 AM
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Seven Steps With Epicurus - A Slide Presentation 19
- Cassius
April 4, 2023 at 9:31 AM
- Cassius
April 6, 2023 at 9:19 AM
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The dark Epicureanism in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 7
- Stan85
May 24, 2018 at 10:57 PM
- Stan85
December 2, 2023 at 6:27 AM
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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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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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Remember To Join Us For A Skype Call This Sunday 9/1 If You Can! 11
- Cassius
August 30, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- Cassius
September 22, 2019 at 4:22 PM
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