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    2. New Users Please Read Here First 1

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    2. Aonius Palearius - Sixteenth Century Figure With Some Epicurean Sympathies

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      • December 30, 2024 at 6:47 AM
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    2. Discussion of New Substack Article: "A Gate To Be Burst: Absence of Pain" 29

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    4. Bryan

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    2. Mark Twain Quote (On Death) 10

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    4. Don

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    2. November 2024 General Thoughts On What Epicurean Philosophy Means To Me. 6

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      • November 29, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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    4. Martin

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    2. Prolepsis / Anticipations As Epicurus' Answer to the MENO Problem 34

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      • October 31, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Stoics Aren't Ascetics... It's Those Epicureans! 9

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      • November 29, 2024 at 7:41 AM
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    4. Joshua

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    2. Atoms Make Up the Human Psyche 3

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    4. kochiekoch

      November 27, 2024 at 7:32 AM

    2. “Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3

      • TauPhi
      • November 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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    4. Don

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    2. Aspects of Pleasure - Dopamine, Endorphine, Continuity 7

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    4. Don

      November 9, 2024 at 10:26 AM

    2. All AI Radio! 2

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    4. kochiekoch

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    2. Nothing Ain't Worth Nothing.... 16

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    4. Cassius

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    2. On Use Of The Term Apikoros / Apiqoros / Bikouros Against Epicureans 25

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    2. Video: Richard Dawkins v. Jordan Peterson (Mainly on Memes / Archetypes) 7

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    4. Joshua

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    2. Dating the Works of Epicurus 6

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    2. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Complains "The World Is Unjust / Life Isn't Fair"? 5

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    4. Root304

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    2. Notes on Epicurean Salvation; Recursion and Restructuring 1

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      • October 27, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Epicurean Philosophy And Boomer Word Associations ("Feeling No Pain") 3

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      • October 24, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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    4. kochiekoch

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    2. Epicurus Revealed in Modern Science & Technology

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    2. Yahoo Article: Epicureanism as an alternative to Stoicism 5

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      • October 18, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. The Three Μοῖραι 8

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    4. Patrikios

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    2. Altruism 11

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    4. Julia

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    2. Neuroscience of Happiness and Pleasure -- Morten L. Kringelbach and Kent C. Berridge 8

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    4. Don

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    2. Analyzing The Boeing Astronauts From An Epicurean Perspective 3

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      • September 28, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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    4. SillyApe

      September 28, 2024 at 2:35 PM

    2. Forward vs Backward Momentum 23

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      • September 24, 2024 at 9:49 AM
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    4. Don

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    2. Brain Damage and Religious Fundamentalism 1

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    2. Luck 6

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    4. Pacatus

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    2. What Epicurus Offers To The Modern World As Of April, 2024? 37

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    2. «Embraced (Entangled) Forever and Ever» (Post By Elli At Facebook from Dimitri Liantinis - Excerpt From Gemma) 11

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    4. Martin

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    2. Entertaining Example of Epicurus' Reasons for Rejecting Divination (Nick Of Time - A Short Story Featuring William Shatner) 1

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    4. Bryan

      September 20, 2024 at 1:18 PM

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

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      • September 14, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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    4. Don

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