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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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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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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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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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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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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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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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February 19, 2024 at 12:29 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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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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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
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October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
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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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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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Starting Point Questions
- Cassius
May 9, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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May 9, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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Vesuvius Memorial Day
- Cassius
August 24, 2019 at 9:28 AM
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August 24, 2019 at 9:28 AM
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Skype Conference Call (Sun, Jul 28th 2019, 10:00 am - 11:00 am)
- Cassius
July 7, 2019 at 11:53 AM
- Cassius
July 7, 2019 at 11:53 AM
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Epicurus "On Nature" - Book 25: On Moral Development
- Hiram
July 8, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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July 8, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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A. Le Grand's Divine Epicurus 1
- Don
June 19, 2021 at 6:23 AM
- Don
June 19, 2021 at 7:17 AM
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Epicurus' Birthday 2021 (Wed, Jan 20th 2021 - Thu, Jan 21st 2021)
- Cassius
November 1, 2019 at 2:09 PM
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November 1, 2019 at 2:09 PM
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Epicurean Self-Sufficiency - Video Of A Short Address from the 2013 Promethea Conference in Greece - By George Kaplanis
- Cassius
March 27, 2019 at 8:32 AM
- Cassius
March 27, 2019 at 8:32 AM
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Lucretius commentary in LATIN! 1
- Don
September 16, 2022 at 8:02 AM
- Don
September 16, 2022 at 10:12 AM
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A Practical Question About An Aspect of Politics That Matters
- Cassius
May 15, 2019 at 8:55 PM
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May 15, 2019 at 8:55 PM
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A Teachable Moment with Hurricane Dorian
- Hiram
September 4, 2019 at 11:46 AM
- Hiram
September 4, 2019 at 11:46 AM
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Garden-Variety Happiness: Epicurus had a simple recipe for happiness
- Hiram
June 24, 2019 at 10:55 AM
- Hiram
June 24, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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Onenski's Recent Philosophy Presentation 1
- Cassius
March 23, 2023 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
March 23, 2023 at 7:43 PM
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Happy 20th - January 20th Celebrating the Annual Feast Day 2
- Kalosyni
January 20, 2023 at 8:11 AM
- Kalosyni
January 20, 2023 at 9:04 AM
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Lucy Hutchinson / Puritans / Cromwell 4
- Cassius
September 3, 2023 at 7:51 AM
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January 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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"Living Life Full Measure" as an Epicurean Metaphor 3
- Cassius
May 14, 2023 at 1:40 PM
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May 15, 2023 at 2:28 PM
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Your Regular Reminder That Epicurean Philosophy Is About A Lot More Than Ice Cream And Cookies
- Cassius
May 8, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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May 8, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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Comments on Videos on Epicurus By Professor G. Stadler of ModernStoicism.com
- Cassius
January 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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January 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM
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Can You Eat Yourself Happy?
- Hiram
September 6, 2019 at 2:47 PM
- Hiram
September 6, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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Thanks y'all for this forum and the podcast 2
- Randall Moose
May 20, 2023 at 4:45 AM
- Randall Moose
May 20, 2023 at 8:01 AM
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Article: "Coming to Know Epicurus' Truth: Distributed Cognition in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in D. O'Rourke (ed.), Approaches to Lucretius: Traditions and Innovations in Reading De Rerum Natura,
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 2:15 PM
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September 3, 2019 at 2:15 PM
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The Phaeacian Princess - Homer and Nietzsche
- Cassius
January 22, 2019 at 8:35 AM
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January 22, 2019 at 8:35 AM
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New Front Page "Forum Navigation Map" 5
- Cassius
August 18, 2023 at 1:37 PM
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September 13, 2023 at 6:10 PM
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"Epicurean Philosphy or Epicureanism" - An Article By Dimitris Atlas
- Cassius
June 17, 2019 at 7:59 AM
- Cassius
June 17, 2019 at 7:59 AM
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You may think that I am crazy to consider Epicurus to be a god...
- Cassius
September 11, 2019 at 8:24 AM
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September 11, 2019 at 8:24 AM
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A Special Night in Iowa 1
- Joshua
August 12, 2021 at 9:15 PM
- Joshua
August 12, 2021 at 9:18 PM
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Scientific Knowledge for Modern Epicureans - the Means to Dispel Fear and Anxiety 1
- Kalosyni
July 5, 2022 at 10:09 AM
- Kalosyni
July 5, 2022 at 11:21 AM
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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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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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Philodemus On the Senses 8
- Bryan
January 30, 2024 at 12:01 AM
- Bryan
February 1, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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More Sluething -This Time Against Cicero 1
- Cassius
October 3, 2022 at 8:38 PM
- Cassius
October 3, 2022 at 8:48 PM
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