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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
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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
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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
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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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Another Tetrapharmakos Video Discussion
- Cassius
May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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May 6, 2024 at 9:43 AM
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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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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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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
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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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AudioBooks to Drive By
- Cassius
April 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
- Cassius
April 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
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The Notre Dame Fire 78
- Cassius
April 15, 2019 at 4:57 PM
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October 28, 2019 at 10:17 PM
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"A Lie And An Impossibility" - Lucian - "Alexander the Oracle Monger" 1
- Cassius
April 28, 2019 at 10:38 AM
- Cassius
April 28, 2019 at 1:57 PM
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Philosofy in Italy 4
- michelepinto
May 1, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- michelepinto
May 2, 2019 at 6:59 AM
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Guyau - Interesting Summary Essay - The Morality of Epicurus And Its Relationship To Contemporary Doctrines 5
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 1:21 PM
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 4:18 PM
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Starting Point Questions
- Cassius
May 9, 2019 at 11:48 AM
- Cassius
May 9, 2019 at 11:48 AM
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I'm not going to translate this 5
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 3:42 PM
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 5:46 PM
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On Ice Cream And Epicurean Philosophy 21
- Cassius
May 14, 2019 at 4:34 PM
- Cassius
May 19, 2019 at 3:53 PM
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Nate's "Drake Meme" Graphics 5
- Cassius
May 16, 2019 at 6:16 AM
- Cassius
May 16, 2019 at 8:01 PM
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"School Turns to The Teachings of Aristotle...." [to indoctrinate young minds in "virtue"] 3
- Cassius
May 21, 2019 at 8:38 PM
- Cassius
May 23, 2019 at 3:33 PM
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Applying PD 31-38 to "Virtue" (Of Which "Justice" Is Simply a Subset) 2
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 5:22 AM
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 7:48 AM
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Facebook Becomes Ever-More Oppressive 3
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 5:28 AM
- Cassius
May 28, 2019 at 5:44 PM
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An Original Hymn to Venus 4
- Joshua
May 28, 2019 at 12:47 AM
- Joshua
May 28, 2019 at 2:48 PM
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Epicurean Or Not? "Fiat Justitia ruat caelo" (Let Justice be done though the sky falls) 6
- Cassius
May 31, 2019 at 7:10 PM
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June 1, 2019 at 2:49 AM
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On Nature And Perfect Forms
- Cassius
June 10, 2019 at 10:31 AM
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June 10, 2019 at 10:31 AM
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On Living Unknown While Locating Your School In A High Traffic Area
- Cassius
June 12, 2019 at 1:43 PM
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June 12, 2019 at 1:43 PM
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Question On Forum Operation 12
- Cassius
June 14, 2019 at 9:10 AM
- Cassius
June 17, 2019 at 5:49 AM
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Martin Gives Us A Great Example of Epicurean "Avoidance of Pain" 4
- Cassius
June 16, 2019 at 4:22 PM
- Cassius
June 17, 2019 at 8:10 AM
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Linguistic Connection Between "Hedone" and "Eden" ? 1
- Cassius
June 26, 2019 at 8:19 AM
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June 26, 2019 at 8:20 AM
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Thoughts On Alain de Botton 8
- Cassius
June 29, 2019 at 9:51 AM
- Cassius
July 1, 2019 at 12:22 PM
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On Epicurean Chaplaincy 8
- Hiram
July 2, 2019 at 11:24 AM
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July 22, 2019 at 2:00 PM
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Epicurus' On Nature, Books 10, 11 and 12 2
- Hiram
July 3, 2019 at 9:59 AM
- Hiram
July 5, 2019 at 12:15 PM
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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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Ubuntu: African Humanism and Epicurean Philanthropy 1
- Hiram
July 8, 2019 at 12:28 PM
- Hiram
July 8, 2019 at 4:34 PM
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Hermarchus’ Regression of Prayer meme 2
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 8:53 AM
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 12:46 PM
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Polyaenus quotes 3
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 5:45 PM
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 6:57 PM
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Book Review - Call Me By Your Name 3
- Joshua
July 10, 2019 at 7:52 PM
- Joshua
July 11, 2019 at 10:25 AM
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A Draft Epicurean Pleasure Maximization Worksheet 8
- Cassius
July 11, 2019 at 10:25 PM
- Cassius
November 4, 2019 at 10:46 AM
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Tips on Forum Usage
- Cassius
July 14, 2019 at 7:48 PM
- Cassius
July 14, 2019 at 7:48 PM
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Open Skype Conference Call Tomorrow 1
- Cassius
July 27, 2019 at 12:26 PM
- Cassius
July 28, 2019 at 9:44 AM
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