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Featured Threads - If You Are New Here, Check Out Our "Featured Threads" For Discussions Of Particular Interest!
- Kalosyni
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- Cassius
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Paul Thyry (Baron D'Holbach / Mirabaud) - French / German Sympathizer With Some Epicurean Ideas 44
- Cassius
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A Image Theme For Consideration: Images From A Parallel World That Took A Better Turn 2000 Years Ago 6
- Cassius
December 23, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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French (Burlamaqui and Rousseau) and German (D'Holbach) Followers of Epicurus (?) 1
- Cassius
December 16, 2023 at 8:00 AM
- Cassius
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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
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Biography Entries
- Cassius
November 20, 2023 at 3:29 PM
- Cassius
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Iphigenia (1977 Movie) 1
- Cassius
November 19, 2023 at 4:40 PM
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Renderings of Epicurean Philosophers by Genevra Catalano (2022-2023) 14
- Eikadistes
November 16, 2023 at 10:30 AM
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, XI.5; & Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, III.6 8
- Don
November 10, 2023 at 7:47 AM
- Don
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The Philosophy vs. Science Debate 6
- Cassius
November 8, 2023 at 9:55 AM
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The Suda, 10th Century Byzantine Encyclopedia 2
- Don
November 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM
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Article: Chimpanzees observed using human-like warfare tactic 1
- Kalosyni
November 2, 2023 at 7:09 PM
- Kalosyni
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In Memoriam T. Lucretii Cari 6
- Joshua
October 15, 2023 at 2:35 PM
- Joshua
October 31, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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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
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October 24, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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A Sense of Guilt Among the Early Greeks? (C. S. Lewis)
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 AM
- Joshua
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Convincing Demonstrations of the God(s) 1
- Eikadistes
August 22, 2023 at 2:34 PM
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The Illusory Walls of Safety
- Eikadistes
August 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM
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Ninon de l'Enclos site
- kochiekoch
August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
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Julie Giovacchini - "The Tetrapharmakos, Authentic Formula Or Simplistic Summary Of Epicurean Ethics?" 5
- Don
August 3, 2023 at 1:35 PM
- Don
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Sharing Zoom sessions 6
- EricR
August 2, 2023 at 8:52 AM
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"The Philosophical Mind" enters the skull of Epicurus 12
- EricR
July 19, 2023 at 9:05 AM
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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
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The First New Moon After the Summer Solstice (Mon, Jul 17th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
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Thomas Carnes - Keeping the Friend in Epicurean Friendship 6
- warjuning
July 9, 2023 at 11:50 AM
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Marcus Encolpus' Tomb Inscription 14
- Cassius
July 6, 2023 at 1:15 PM
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Virgil's "Felix Qui Potuit Rerum Cognoscere Causas.." 1
- Cassius
July 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM
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Quick Note Re The Vatican Sayings Forums 1
- Cassius
July 4, 2023 at 9:11 PM
- Cassius
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Does the philosophy change you? 45
- EricR
June 13, 2023 at 7:56 AM
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Who to believe? 34
- ThinkingCat
May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
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Joseph Conrad, Author's Note to the 2nd Edition of "The Shadow Line" 2
- Joshua
June 7, 2023 at 6:55 PM
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Animal Intelligence - Parrots and Videoconferencing
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
- Cassius
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Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 5
- Cassius
April 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM - General Discussion
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The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11
- Rolf
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Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9
- Kalosyni
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Preconceptions and PD24 42
- Eikadistes
December 14, 2021 at 5:50 PM - General Discussion
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The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47
- Kalosyni
April 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM - General Discussion
- Kalosyni
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