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Applying PD 31-38 to "Virtue" (Of Which "Justice" Is Simply a Subset) 2
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Aonius Palearius - Sixteenth Century Figure With Some Epicurean Sympathies
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Any Application of Epicurean Theology to the Christan God(s) 46
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Anti-Stoic article at PEL 4
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Another New Book On Epicurus Coming - Dr Ben Gazur - "Epicurus And His Influence On History" 4
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Another mainstream article claiming ataraxia is the goal 40
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Announcement: An Award For The Best Thesis On Epicurus 1
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Anniversary of the Founding of Alexandria in 331 BC (Mon, Apr 7th 2025)
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Anniversary of the Execution of Giordano Bruno in the Campo de Fiori in Rome (Fri, Feb 17th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm) 1
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Animal Intelligence - Parrots and Videoconferencing
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Ancient Greek Numbering System 1
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Ancient Epicurean worldview (classes of compounds of atoms) 1
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Anandamide: the molecule of pleasure, 4
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Analyzing The Boeing Astronauts From An Epicurean Perspective 3
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Analysing movies through an Epicurean lens 16
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Anachronisms In Pictures
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An Original Hymn to Venus 4
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An Example of Stoic Logical Reasoning - On Divination
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An Epicurean Study of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics 75
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An Epicurean Instagram 6
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An Approach to Reading Philosophy 3
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An Analogy 2
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Amusing Clip of the Day - "Please Stop Posting Epicurus Quotes" 2
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American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) 3
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Against the stoics 4
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Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 20
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Mocking Epithets 3
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Best Lucretius translation? 12
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The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4
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New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"
- Cassius
June 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM - Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
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