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2. Lecture on practical application of Epicureanism 10
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2. Life support literature based on Epicurean philosophy 3
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2. Live to 120? I’d rather go for quality not quantity of life… 3
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4. Pacatus
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2. Not "Where Are We Going" But "Who Or What Will Be Our Guide?"
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2. On The Need For Scientific Knowledge 1
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2. Personal Finance from an Epicurean Viewpoint 13
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2. Philosophical Counseling - Article
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2. Philosophy as a Way of Life by John Sellars
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2. Practical Daily Pleasure-- Creating Pleasurable Habits 23
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4. Joshua
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2. Practicing Epicureanism 6
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2. Questions on daily routines 4
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2. Recommendations for Happy Living 26
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4. Pacatus
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2. Retirement (Financial Independence, Early Retirement, etc.) 18
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2. Ruminating on desires and on the absence of pain…. 9
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2. Sensory Overload Article / Article on Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) 1
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2. Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Considered An "-ism"
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2. Son has a question 16
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2. Superstition and Friday the 13th 6
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4. Eikadistes
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2. Tell Me About Epicurean Self-Sufficiency
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2. The Epicurean Guidebook (Outline) - A project by Gardner and I 1
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2. The Hedonistic Calculus - explained through an equation 4
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2. The Process of Pulling Out Of Facebook 10
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2. Thoughts on Halloween 2024 5
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2. Unrealistic Beauty Standards as Groundless Opinions 2
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2. Using The Discretion of A Goat In Choosing Friends
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2. What place does "simple" have in Epicureanism? 5
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2. What Would An Epicurean Use In Their Toolkit For Making Their Hedonic Calculus? 39
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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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  - Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
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2. Best Lucretius translation? 9
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2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1
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