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    2. "Setting Before the Eyes" 49

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    2. Updated Alternative Timeline of Epicurean History 1

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    2. Joshua's "Only The Beginning" Observation 23

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    2. Tim O'Keefe's "Epicurean Guide To Christmas" (An Article And Responses) 27

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    2. A "Daily Epicurean"? 16

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    2. Preconceptions and PD24 42

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    2. New Audio Version of Torquatus' Presentation of Epicurean Ethics - Read By Joshua 8

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    2. Considering Whether Epicurus Taught Both Exoteric and Esoteric Truths

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    2. Must All Things That Have A Beginning Have An End? 8

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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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