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    2. New Users Please Read Here First 1

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    2. Epicurus and the Art of Land Surveying 2

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    2. Against the Physicists / Physicians 23

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    2. Parsing The Wikipedia Introduction To Epicurus (As Of February 6, 2020)

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    2. Happy Birthday Elayne! 4

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    2. A scholarship for best work about Epicurus 1

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    2. Seneca's On Happiness versus La Mettrie's Anti-Seneca 23

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      • February 7, 2020 at 12:28 PM
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    2. A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6

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      • February 9, 2020 at 3:38 PM
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    2. Anachronisms In Pictures

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    2. La Mettrie: an Epicurean System 3

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    2. Mike Anyayahan's Blog: Epicureanmindset.blogspot.com 17

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    2. An Epicurean Instagram 6

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

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    2. Does Baloo Speak for Epicurus In the Song "Bare Necessities" from "The Jungle Book" Movie? 5

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    2. Report on the 10th Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy, February 8-9, 2020, Cultural Center of Pallini, Athens, Greece (By Christos Yapijakis) 4

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    2. How NOT To Escape Plato's Cave 3

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    2. Discussion-Starters With Non-Epicureans: Biblical References to Epicurus / Epicurean Philosophy 5

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    2. An Analogy 2

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    2. A Discussion on the Epicurean View of Death 3

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    2. On Covid19 And Ruthlessly Taking The Measure Of Our Values (New York Times Article by Stephen Greenblatt) 8

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    2. Would An Epicurean Hook Himself Up To An "Experience Machine" or a "Pleasure Machine" If Possible? 27

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    2. The Breakdown Of Our Modern Societies! 1

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    2. Quiz Feature - Ongoing DIscussion 6

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    2. Poem - To Boccaccio 3

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    2. The Essential Cicero? 3

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    2. Epicurean Ethics And the Coronavirus Episode - A Starting Point 3

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    2. Michel de Montaigne on pleasure 9

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    2. Discussion of Article: "Caricatures to the Left of Them, Caricatures to the Right of Them, Caricatures In Front of Them, Volleyed and Thundered" 3

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    2. Managing Expectations In The Study of Epicurus 28

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    2. Yahweh or Zeus? by John Heath 2

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    2. Somerset Maugham on Epicureanism over one hundred years ago 4

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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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