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Would An Epicurean Hook Himself Up To An "Experience Machine" or a "Pleasure Machine" If Possible? 27
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On Use Of The Term Apikoros / Apiqoros / Bikouros Against Epicureans 25
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Is 'happiness' a proper translation of the term eudaimonia? 23
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Joshua's "Only The Beginning" Observation 23
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Pleasure and Reality 23
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Ten (10) commandments 22
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On Ice Cream And Epicurean Philosophy 21
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Article on the "Letter to Marcella" by Porphyry 21
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Are the Gods Totally Painless? Does Calling Us To "Continuous Pleasure" Mean Totally Painless? 21
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Epicurus' Public Domain Translations - All At Once In One Place 20
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A Challenge To Epicurean Thinking Grounded in Epistemology and Physics 20
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Happy 20 with a lot of news from Italy 20
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Eliminative Materialism 19
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To Whom Was Epicurus' Last Letter Addressed? 19
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Seven Steps With Epicurus - A Slide Presentation 19
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Why Do We Consider The Absence of Pain To Be Pleasure? 18
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Consideration of the Attic month and Nate's graphic of the moon on the 20th 18
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The "One and the Many" Question - Do You Fancy You Have Found Treasure of Wisdom In This? Do You Puzzle Your Friends And Even Your Dog About It? What In the World Is Socrates Talking About? 18
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News from Italy - you'll love it! 18
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A Useful Analogy: The Preflight Checklist 18
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Eclectic Take on Epicurean Philosophy; Earlier Origin of Some Epicurean Concepts; Method of Loci 17
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Illustrating Epicurean Ethics 17
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Recorded Statements of Metrodorus 11
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