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    2. New Users Please Read Here First 1

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    2. Analyzing The Boeing Astronauts From An Epicurean Perspective 3

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    2. Did Epicurus Create a Finished Product? 4

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    2. Peace and Safety For Those in The Path of Hurricane Dorian! 4

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    2. A Sobering Look at Google Ngrams 4

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    2. Dating the Works of Epicurus 6

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

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    2. "School Turns to The Teachings of Aristotle...." [to indoctrinate young minds in "virtue"] 3

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    2. On The Decline of Epicurean Philosophy In The Ancient World 2

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    2. Video: The Principal Doctrines of Epicurus 2

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    2. How Would Epicurus Analyze The Faulkner Quotation: "Between Grief And Nothing, I'll Take Grief" 4

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    2. A painting from Daniel Op De Beeck 2

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    2. Newly Found Statue of the Husband of the Epicurean Pompeia Plotina 1

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    2. The Importance of the Sense of Smell 1

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    2. Announcement: An Award For The Best Thesis On Epicurus 1

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    2. Epicurus, Marcion the Heretic, and Tertullian 2

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    2. The Meaning Of the Story of Sisyphus 3

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    2. The Philosophy vs. Science Debate 6

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    2. John Adams and the "Ineffable Nonsense of Epicurus" 2

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    2. Is there a notion of cultivating "sensitivity" in Epicureanism? 4

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    2. How Old Was Epicurus When He Died? 3

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    2. Discussion Round-Up 1

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    2. Modern Online Public Domain Expanded Usener Collection

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    2. Someone Who Understands What Makes Epicurean Philosophy Unique. 3

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    2. American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) 3

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    2. Grumphism? LOL

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    2. Happy Twentieth of July: Remembering That Pleasure Has Many Enemies 3

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    2. Estimation of Category Breakdown of Extant Texts 3

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    2. Scientific Knowledge for Modern Epicureans - the Means to Dispel Fear and Anxiety 1

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