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2. New Subforum: Epicurean Advice On Living Independently / Self-Reliantly / Simply / In the Country 2
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2. Adage: In A Crisis, We Don't Rise To The Occasion As Much As We Fall To Our Level of Practice
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2. Not "Where Are We Going" But "Who Or What Will Be Our Guide?"
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2. Superstition and Friday the 13th 6
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2. Childhood trauma recovery & toxic childhood family
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2. Anticipation - Modern Research 1
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2. Philosophical Counseling - Article
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2. Are There Epicurean Role Models?
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2. Philosophy as a Way of Life by John Sellars
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2. Tell Me About Epicurean Self-Sufficiency
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2. Sensory Overload Article / Article on Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) 1
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2. Could Epicurean Involvement In Politics Have Prevented The Fall of Greco-Roman Civilization?
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2. Live to 120? I’d rather go for quality not quantity of life… 3
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2. Using The Discretion of A Goat In Choosing Friends
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2. Unrealistic Beauty Standards as Groundless Opinions 2
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2. Did Ancient Epicureans Live In Communes? Should We Try To Do That Today?
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2. Hygge and the Landscape of Pleasure: a Book Review 1
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2. What place does "simple" have in Epicureanism? 5
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2. The Epicurean Guidebook (Outline) - A project by Gardner and I 1
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2. Epicurean Philosophy for the Sensitive Soul 4
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2. Epicurean Pleaure and Enjoyment Differs Depending on Introvert vs. Extrovert Brain Differences 2
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2. Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Considered An "-ism"
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2. On The Need For Scientific Knowledge 1
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2. Epicureanism as an Ongoing Practice - Multiple Takes 2
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2. Euthanasia And Epicurean Philosophy
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2. How to live the Epicurean life in today's society (brainstorming an authoritative list) 5
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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. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1
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