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    2. For Regular Users, Dark Style "ColorPlay" and Light Style "Nexus" Return To Availability Today 1

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    2. Help - How To Locate "Log Out" Button 5

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    2. Outage 10/30/24

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    2. Image Sharing Alternatives 4

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    2. Subforums Devoted To Individual Principal Doctrines and Vatican Have Been Consolidated 7

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    2. Lucretius Today Podcast Episode 290 Is Now Posted - "Tiptoeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living"

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    2. Lucretius Today Podast #291 Is Now Available - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed."

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    2. Latest Lucretius Today Podcast - Episode 293 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" a Pleasure

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    2. Latest Lucretius Today Podcast - Episode 295 - Plutarch's Absurd Interpretation of Epicurean Absence of Pain - Make Sure It's Not Yours!

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    2. Latest Podcast Posted - "Facts And Feelings In Epicurean Philosophy - Part 1"

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    2. Anyone Seeing Missing Reply Boxes? 1

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    2. Preparing A Public Domain Audio Version of Lucretius From The Best Available Sources

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    2. New Home Page Video: How Can The Wise Epicurean Always Be Happy? 4

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    2. More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find 3

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    2. New Posting Of A Video By Raphael Raul "Our Journey From Atoms To Consiousness"

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    2. Welcome to the EpicureanFriends.com Forum

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    2. "Calendar" Feature now added to website

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    2. "Easter Sunday 2018" - Epicurean Philosophy Doesn't Start And End With "Pleasure" 1

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    2. Should the Default Theme Of This Website For New Users Be Light Or Dark? 4

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    2. Topics For Continuing Discussion - Would You Like To See A New Subforum For Something Special?

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    2. Happy Twentieth of December, 2019 11

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    2. Addition of the "Lexicon" Feature of the Forum 3

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    2. Backup Communications for EpicureanFriends.com 1

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    2. Forum Tweaks Logbook

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    2. Implement A Roadmap Or 'User Ranking According To Texts Read" System? 15

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    2. Highlighting User Contributions to EpicureanFriends.com

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    2. Forum Organization Comment

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