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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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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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"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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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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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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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
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February 9, 2022 at 9:55 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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"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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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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April 12, 2024 at 9:33 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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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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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
- Cassius
December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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Discussion of the Article "On Pleasure vs Tranquility - A Dialogue With Southampton"
- Cassius
September 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- Cassius
September 26, 2019 at 4:38 PM
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Discussion of Article: "Political Division In The Promotion of Epicurean Philosophy: A Prescription For Disaster" 6
- Cassius
September 28, 2019 at 8:54 AM
- Cassius
September 29, 2019 at 7:42 PM
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What Would You Take To Cease To Be An Epicurean? 1
- Cassius
October 1, 2019 at 9:41 AM
- Cassius
October 1, 2019 at 11:15 AM
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Against the stoics 4
- azbcethananderson
October 3, 2019 at 3:41 PM
- azbcethananderson
October 4, 2019 at 6:50 AM
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EPICUREANISM: Ancient Answers to Modern Questions" | Marc Nelson 12
- Hiram
October 8, 2019 at 7:39 AM
- Hiram
October 11, 2019 at 10:39 AM
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New (October 1 2019) Catherine Wilson Speech Video on Epicurean Philosophy 10
- Cassius
October 8, 2019 at 4:15 PM
- Cassius
October 13, 2019 at 2:02 PM
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Technology Question - How Best To Create "Video" With Speech Matched To Scrolling Text 37
- Cassius
October 10, 2019 at 4:08 PM
- Cassius
October 12, 2019 at 4:21 AM
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Calculus, Minimalism, Consumerism, Finding the Path 15
- Garden Dweller
October 11, 2019 at 10:28 PM
- Garden Dweller
October 18, 2019 at 11:37 AM
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Video: The Vatican List Of The Sayings Of Epicurus
- Cassius
October 12, 2019 at 9:34 AM
- Cassius
October 12, 2019 at 9:34 AM
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October 15 Birthday of Virgil, Date of Death of Lucretius, and Birthday of Friedrich Nietzsche (Tue, Oct 15th 2019, 11:00 am-12:59 pm)
- Cassius
October 15, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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October 15, 2019 at 9:33 AM
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How are Epicurean things in Italy, Michele? 8
- Cassius
October 17, 2019 at 7:30 AM
- Cassius
October 19, 2019 at 9:13 AM
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I Am Firmly Convinced That The Future of Epicurean Philosophy Won't Be Found In The Ivory Tower 14
- Cassius
October 18, 2019 at 7:41 AM
- Cassius
October 18, 2019 at 8:17 PM
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Profile of Past Reading 16
- Cassius
October 21, 2019 at 1:23 PM
- Cassius
November 5, 2019 at 3:37 PM
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An Example of the Translation Issues We Have To Deal With: Does The Wise Man Cry Out When On The Rack? (Answer: Yes!)
- Cassius
October 28, 2019 at 9:06 AM
- Cassius
October 28, 2019 at 9:06 AM
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Epicurus' Birthday 2020 (Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 - Fri, Jan 3rd 2020)
- Cassius
November 1, 2019 at 2:07 PM
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November 1, 2019 at 2:07 PM
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Dead Reddit / The "Isms" Thread 62
- Twentier
November 21, 2019 at 5:09 PM
- Twentier
December 22, 2019 at 7:08 PM
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Richard Dawkins Channels The Spirit of Epicurus!
- Cassius
December 16, 2019 at 10:08 PM
- Cassius
December 16, 2019 at 10:08 PM
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Pewdiepie Gets it Wrong - The Problem Isn't "Virtue Signaling" - The Problem is "Virtue" Itself
- Cassius
December 17, 2019 at 1:15 PM
- Cassius
December 17, 2019 at 1:15 PM
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Creative Assistance Needed! "The Twelve Days of Class With Epicurus" 8
- Cassius
January 4, 2020 at 7:54 PM
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January 5, 2020 at 4:37 PM
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Poll: Confirm Or Deny This Article About Non-Believers And Pets: Do You Have Dog(s), Cat(s), Both, Neither?
- Cassius
January 7, 2020 at 12:58 PM
- Cassius
January 7, 2020 at 12:58 PM
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Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020 15
- Cassius
January 20, 2020 at 12:11 PM
- Cassius
January 23, 2020 at 1:15 PM
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Parsing The Wikipedia Introduction To Epicurus (As Of February 6, 2020)
- Cassius
February 6, 2020 at 9:48 AM
- Cassius
February 6, 2020 at 9:48 AM
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A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6
- Godfrey
February 9, 2020 at 3:38 PM
- Godfrey
February 10, 2020 at 12:34 AM
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Report on the 10th Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy, February 8-9, 2020, Cultural Center of Pallini, Athens, Greece (By Christos Yapijakis) 4
- Cassius
February 19, 2020 at 6:08 PM
- Cassius
February 22, 2020 at 10:41 AM
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Quiz Feature - Ongoing DIscussion 6
- Cassius
April 5, 2020 at 6:24 AM
- Cassius
April 5, 2020 at 5:09 PM
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Discussion of Article: "Caricatures to the Left of Them, Caricatures to the Right of Them, Caricatures In Front of Them, Volleyed and Thundered" 3
- Cassius
May 4, 2020 at 9:34 AM
- Cassius
May 4, 2020 at 3:36 PM
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Managing Expectations In The Study of Epicurus 28
- Cassius
May 8, 2020 at 10:36 AM
- Cassius
May 13, 2020 at 8:45 PM
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Empathy vs pleasure 1
- azbcethananderson
May 24, 2020 at 12:17 PM
- azbcethananderson
May 24, 2020 at 2:27 PM
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"Uninspiring Responses of the Day" Thread 1
- Cassius
June 1, 2020 at 9:57 AM
- Cassius
June 1, 2020 at 4:29 PM
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Classification of Epicurean Philosophy 4
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 27, 2020 at 12:49 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 29, 2020 at 3:00 PM
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