Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times

For discussion of daily life as an Epicurean.

    2. Practical Exercises: the smartwatch

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      • July 26, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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    2. Practical exercises: PD4 7

      • Godfrey
      • July 15, 2021 at 10:25 AM
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    4. Don

      July 15, 2021 at 10:25 AM

    2. Practical exercises: PD3 1

      • Godfrey
      • July 8, 2021 at 10:27 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 8, 2021 at 10:27 AM

    2. Practical exercises: PD2 12

      • Godfrey
      • July 8, 2021 at 6:58 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 8, 2021 at 6:58 AM

    2. Practical exercises: PD1 1

      • Godfrey
      • July 8, 2021 at 10:40 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 8, 2021 at 10:40 AM

    2. Ruminating on desires and on the absence of pain…. 9

      • Godfrey
      • June 8, 2021 at 8:28 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      June 8, 2021 at 8:28 PM

    2. Philosophy as a Way of Life by John Sellars

      • Godfrey
      • May 13, 2021 at 4:24 PM
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    2. Personal Finance from an Epicurean Viewpoint 13

      • Godfrey
      • January 30, 2019 at 4:15 PM
      • Godfrey
      • February 5, 2019 at 10:02 AM
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    4. Hiram

      February 5, 2019 at 10:02 AM

    2. What Would An Epicurean Use In Their Toolkit For Making Their Hedonic Calculus? 39

      • godek
      • July 10, 2019 at 11:11 PM
      • godek
      • July 18, 2019 at 3:41 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 18, 2019 at 3:41 PM

    2. Is the art of fashion worthy of the attention of an epicurean? 8

      • godek
      • June 5, 2019 at 1:11 AM
      • godek
      • June 7, 2019 at 6:02 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      June 7, 2019 at 6:02 PM

    2. Can you be an epicurean and use some logic with the senses? 12

      • godek
      • December 6, 2018 at 10:53 PM
      • godek
      • May 16, 2019 at 9:58 AM
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    4. Hiram

      May 16, 2019 at 9:58 AM

    2. How to Talk to Those Raised on Religion / Virtue 1

      • EricR
      • January 24, 2018 at 7:21 AM
      • EricR
      • January 24, 2018 at 8:11 AM
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    4. Cassius

      January 24, 2018 at 8:11 AM

    2. Being content in your situation or taking a risk for greater pleasure. 25

      • Eoghan Gardiner
      • May 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      May 27, 2024 at 8:00 AM

    2. Unfortunate Use of Bust of Epicurus 7

      • Don
      • September 15, 2024 at 12:58 PM
      • Don
      • September 16, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 16, 2024 at 2:18 PM

    2. Live to 120? I’d rather go for quality not quantity of life… 3

      • Don
      • March 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
      • Don
      • March 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      March 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM

    2. Baby Pigs

      • Don
      • January 15, 2024 at 8:07 AM
      • Don
      • January 15, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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    2. "Choice" and "Avoidance" 11

      • Don
      • February 28, 2020 at 3:14 PM
      • Don
      • February 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      February 28, 2026 at 12:21 PM

    2. Possible use of the Pythagorean exercise called "evening review" for Epicurean purposes. 26

      • Daniel188
      • December 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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    4. Daniel188

      December 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM

    2. Epicurean strategies for dealing with bad habits and urges. 7

      • Daniel188
      • November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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    4. Patrikios

      November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM

    2. Daily Reflection from an Epicurean View 6

      • Chryso
      • April 2, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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      • April 2, 2024 at 8:56 PM
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      April 2, 2024 at 8:56 PM

    2. The Epicurean Guidebook (Outline) - A project by Gardner and I 1

      • Charles
      • March 21, 2020 at 5:32 PM
      • Charles
      • March 21, 2020 at 5:34 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 21, 2020 at 5:34 PM

    2. The Hedonistic Calculus - explained through an equation 4

      • Charles
      • November 4, 2019 at 10:12 AM
      • Charles
      • November 4, 2019 at 11:22 AM
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    4. Charles

      November 4, 2019 at 11:22 AM

    2. Adage: In A Crisis, We Don't Rise To The Occasion As Much As We Fall To Our Level of Practice

      • Cassius
      • June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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    2. "Issues Worth Fighting Over During Holiday Meals" - An Epicurean List 2

      • Cassius
      • December 22, 2023 at 1:29 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM
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    4. Novem

      December 24, 2023 at 3:23 PM

    2. Dealing With Friends Who Are Convinced "Prophecy Is Being Fulfilled" and "Armageddon is Around the Corner" 3

      • Cassius
      • October 11, 2023 at 11:03 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2023 at 9:31 AM
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    4. kochiekoch

      October 18, 2023 at 9:31 AM

    2. Not "Where Are We Going" But "Who Or What Will Be Our Guide?"

      • Cassius
      • January 18, 2018 at 2:38 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 18, 2018 at 2:38 PM
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    2. Recommendations for Happy Living 26

      • Cassius
      • December 6, 2023 at 6:22 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      December 6, 2023 at 6:22 PM

    2. What In Your Opinion Are the Most Essential Characteristics Of "Being An Epicurean" (According to Epicurus)? 16

      • Cassius
      • February 15, 2021 at 10:24 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 16, 2021 at 1:21 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 16, 2021 at 1:21 PM

    2. Commentary by Elayne On "Ideal Epicurean Jobs" 1

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2020 at 6:59 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 8, 2022 at 4:15 AM
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    4. DavidN

      September 8, 2022 at 4:15 AM

    2. Musings on A Quick Statement of "What It Means to Be An Epicurean" 9

      • Cassius
      • July 13, 2020 at 10:57 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 16, 2020 at 4:34 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 16, 2020 at 4:34 PM

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