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    2. New Subforum: Epicurean Advice On Living Independently / Self-Reliantly / Simply / In the Country 2

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

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      • July 10, 2019 at 11:11 PM
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    2. What place does "simple" have in Epicureanism? 5

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    2. Using The Discretion of A Goat In Choosing Friends

      • Cassius
      • August 29, 2018 at 2:20 PM
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    2. Unrealistic Beauty Standards as Groundless Opinions 2

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    2. Thoughts on Halloween 2024 5

      • Kalosyni
      • October 27, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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    2. The Process of Pulling Out Of Facebook 10

      • Cassius
      • March 24, 2018 at 6:56 AM
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    2. The Hedonistic Calculus - explained through an equation 4

      • Charles
      • November 4, 2019 at 10:12 AM
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      • November 4, 2019 at 11:22 AM
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    2. The Epicurean Guidebook (Outline) - A project by Gardner and I 1

      • Charles
      • March 21, 2020 at 5:32 PM
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    2. Tell Me About Epicurean Self-Sufficiency

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 6:04 PM
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    2. Son has a question 16

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      • March 12, 2019 at 6:39 PM
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      March 12, 2019 at 6:39 PM

    2. Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Considered An "-ism"

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 5:35 PM
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    2. Sensory Overload Article / Article on Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) 1

      • Kalosyni
      • March 26, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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    2. Ruminating on desires and on the absence of pain…. 9

      • Godfrey
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    2. Retirement (Financial Independence, Early Retirement, etc.) 18

      • Mathitis Kipouros
      • September 6, 2020 at 5:20 PM
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    4. Don

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    2. Recommendations for Happy Living 26

      • Cassius
      • December 6, 2023 at 6:22 PM
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    2. Questions on daily routines 4

      • timrobbe
      • August 29, 2020 at 5:32 PM
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    2. Practicing Epicureanism 6

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      • August 2, 2018 at 8:59 AM
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    2. Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits 23

      • Cassius
      • November 11, 2019 at 11:05 PM
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    4. Joshua

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    2. Philosophy as a Way of Life by John Sellars

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      • May 13, 2021 at 4:24 PM
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    2. Philosophical Counseling - Article

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    2. Personal Finance from an Epicurean Viewpoint 13

      • Godfrey
      • January 30, 2019 at 4:15 PM
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    2. On The Need For Scientific Knowledge 1

      • Cassius
      • October 12, 2018 at 9:45 AM
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    2. Not "Where Are We Going" But "Who Or What Will Be Our Guide?"

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      • January 18, 2018 at 2:38 PM
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    2. Live to 120? I’d rather go for quality not quantity of life… 3

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      • March 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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    2. Life support literature based on Epicurean philosophy 3

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      • August 9, 2020 at 3:41 PM
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    2. Lecture on practical application of Epicureanism 10

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      • November 25, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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    2. Is the art of fashion worthy of the attention of an epicurean? 8

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      • June 5, 2019 at 1:11 AM
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    2. Is Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Compatible with Epicureanism? 23

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    2. Hygge and the Landscape of Pleasure: a Book Review 1

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      • March 15, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 1

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