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2. Epicurus, Ionia and India. 5
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2. Why Do We Consider The Absence of Pain To Be Pleasure? 18
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2. O'Keefe: "Epicurean Advice for the Modern Consumer" 4
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2. An Original Hymn to Venus 4
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2. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6
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2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9
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Renderings of Epicurean Philosophers by Genevra Catalano (2022-2023) 14

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Epicurus, Ionia and India. 5

Why Epicurean ideas suit the challenges of modern secular life 5

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Translation (A poem) 15

Venus: Conceiving The Good 5

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