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    2. Our Posting Policies At Epicureanfriends.com: No Partisan Politics; No Supernatural Religion; No Absolute Virtue 11

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    2. "Not Neo-Epicurean, But Epicurean" 14

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    2. Community Standards / Rules of the Forum 2

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    2. Post Announcing Opening of Forum - May 15, 2015

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    2. Purpose of the Forum

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    2. Locating the proper forum for posting questions 5

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    2. Protocols and Etiquette For Attendance At EpicureanFriends Zoom Meetings 1

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    2. EpiureanFriends Moderator Team

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    2. On Where The Boundaries Of Proper Discussion At EpicureanFriends And In Open Forums May Exist (AKA - To What Extent Is "Direct Realism" Relevant to Epicurean Philosophy?) 3

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    2. Outreach Discussion: When and Under What Circumstances and How to Invite Others 13

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    2. On Sharpening Distinctions Between Epicurean and Other Philosophies, Religions, and Movements

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    2. To encourage more widespread use of the forum 8

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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. Best Lucretius translation? 9

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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