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    2. Article: Chimpanzees observed using human-like warfare tactic 1

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    2. Iphigenia (1977 Movie) 1

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    2. French (Burlamaqui and Rousseau) and German (D'Holbach) Followers of Epicurus (?) 1

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    2. Entertaining Example of Epicurus' Reasons for Rejecting Divination (Nick Of Time - A Short Story Featuring William Shatner) 1

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    2. For all you Celtic Epicureans! 1

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    2. We're Are Not Just Our Brains! 1

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    2. Epicurean Philosophical Tenets That We Can Know With Certainty 1

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    2. Take It Easy (CBS Sunday Morning) 1

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    2. Ancient Epicurean worldview (classes of compounds of atoms) 1

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    2. In the Name of the Twelve (By Zeus!) 1

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    2. Brain Damage and Religious Fundamentalism 1

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    2. Notes on Epicurean Salvation; Recursion and Restructuring 1

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    2. Boethus the Epicurean (geometry, acoustics) 1

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    2. Ancient Greek Numbering System 1

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    2. A Word To The Wise About Arguments 2

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    2. Principles of Interpretation - (Observation by Collingwood) 2

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    2. Let's Plan a Recorded Discussion on "Hard Topics In Epicurean Philosophy" or "Why Should I Care About XXX In Epicurean Philosophy" 2

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    2. Test Thread - Please Use This Thread for Test Posts 2

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    2. What does a government based on Epicureanism look like? 2

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    2. What Did Epicurus Include in "Pleasure?" 2

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    2. In Honor Of The Day! 2

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    2. Discussion: The Twentieth Feast 2

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    2. Life is Short - Do Stuff that ??? "matters" ??? 2

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    2. Applying PD 31-38 to "Virtue" (Of Which "Justice" Is Simply a Subset) 2

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    2. Article Added: A A Long's "Chance and Natural Law in Epicureanism" 2

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    2. A Veiled Reference to Epicurus in Robert Heinlein? 2

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    2. Epicurus' On Nature, Books 10, 11 and 12 2

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    2. Preparation of a position statement on near-death experiences 2

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    2. Hermarchus’ Regression of Prayer meme 2

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    2. Did Epicurus Intend To Commit Suicide By Drinking Unmixed Wine On His Last Day? 12

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    2. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6

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    2. The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11

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    2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9

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    2. Preconceptions and PD24 42

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