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    2. Great Post From Holly At Facebook Crediting Motivation From "Living For Pleasure"

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    2. Goethe and Epicurus / Lucretius

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    2. Gods meme 3

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    2. Garden-Variety Happiness: Epicurus had a simple recipe for happiness

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    2. Friendship Commentary By Elli (At Facebook 02/25/23)

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

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    2. Frank Rose and Narrative Thinking

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    2. Forward vs Backward Momentum 23

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    2. Fortune cookie 1

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    2. For all you Celtic Epicureans! 1

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    2. Five Doses That Trump Four Every Time - The "Five-Part Cure" 23

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    2. Finding Cultural / Artistic / Musical Variations on Four Key Epicurean Themes 7

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    2. Fill in the Blank: "Epicurus Campaigned Primarily Against _________________" 5

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    2. Farewell 1

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    2. Famous Historical Quotes *About* Epicurus 1

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    2. Event Described in Torquatus 2

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    2. Evaluating "In Defense of Being Average" 11

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    2. Eudoxus of Cnidus was a large camel 2

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    2. Eudoxus - Precursor to Epicurus and More Like Him Than Aristippus? 4

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    2. Estimation of Category Breakdown of Extant Texts 3

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

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    2. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 19

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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 9

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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