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    2. Key Citations On Friendship

      • Kalosyni
      • August 24, 2023 at 2:55 PM
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    2. Friendship discussion (moved from 20th conversation) 4

      • Kalosyni
      • April 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      April 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM

    2. Gleaning Information About Epicurean Friendship From Cicero's "On Friendship"

      • Cassius
      • February 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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    2. Recent Research on Friendship 1

      • Pacatus
      • December 28, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      December 28, 2024 at 6:46 PM

    2. Friendsgiving 1

      • Kalosyni
      • November 27, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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    4. Root304

      November 27, 2024 at 12:37 AM

    2. Did the comitatus influence the idea of Epicurean friendship? 4

      • Cleveland Okie
      • July 11, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 11, 2024 at 6:59 AM

    2. Cultivation of Friendship within Epicureanism 38

      • Kalosyni
      • February 8, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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    4. DavidN

      February 8, 2024 at 3:50 PM

    2. A Feeling Something Like Loneliness 12

      • Joshua
      • June 9, 2021 at 12:09 AM
      • Joshua
      • December 6, 2023 at 6:38 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      December 6, 2023 at 6:38 PM

    2. Practical Tips On Cultivation of Friendship in the Modern World 3

      • Cassius
      • August 2, 2023 at 6:50 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 3, 2023 at 7:20 AM
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    4. Don

      August 3, 2023 at 7:20 AM

    2. Has the meaning of friendship changed since the times of Epicurus 22

      • waterholic
      • February 1, 2023 at 1:03 PM
      • waterholic
      • May 23, 2023 at 7:48 PM
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    4. Don

      May 23, 2023 at 7:48 PM

    2. What is the future of friendship? (Some random thoughts prompted by ChatGPT) 24

      • waterholic
      • February 19, 2023 at 1:31 AM
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      • February 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM
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    4. Don

      February 20, 2023 at 7:09 PM

    2. On Friendship: Auld Lang Syne 2

      • Matt
      • December 30, 2020 at 8:50 PM
      • Matt
      • December 31, 2020 at 6:36 PM
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    4. Matt

      December 31, 2020 at 6:36 PM

    2. Why It Is Necessary For Us To Associate With "Companions Like Ourselves" - A Physics Observation

      • Cassius
      • February 29, 2020 at 3:52 AM
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      • February 29, 2020 at 3:52 AM
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    2. Friendship as Supported by the Canon, Physics, and Ethics 1

      • Elayne
      • August 21, 2019 at 7:15 PM
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      • August 22, 2019 at 11:23 AM
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    4. Hiram

      August 22, 2019 at 11:23 AM

    2. Honesty among Friends 1

      • Elayne
      • July 10, 2019 at 12:46 PM
      • Elayne
      • July 10, 2019 at 1:54 PM
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    4. Joshua

      July 10, 2019 at 1:54 PM

    2. Reasonings and Blogs on Friendship and Frank Criticism / Parrhesia

      • Hiram
      • May 18, 2015 at 11:22 AM
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      • May 18, 2015 at 11:22 AM
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    2. What fears does modern science remove, as Epicurean physics did in antiquity? 31

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    2. Porphyry - Letter to Marcella -"Vain Is the Word of the Philosopher..." 17

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    2. Daily life of ancient Epicureans / 21st Century Epicureans 38

      • Robert
      • May 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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    2. Emily Austin's "LIving For Pleasure" Wins Award. (H/T to Lowri for finding this!)

      • Cassius
      • May 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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