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References to Epicurus' Attitude Toward The "Place of the Sciences And Liberal Arts" 63
- Cassius
May 15, 2020 at 9:37 AM
- Cassius
July 28, 2020 at 10:18 AM
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What Determines That Which Is Possible And That Which is Impossible? 3
- Cassius
May 12, 2024 at 8:35 AM
- Cassius
May 12, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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Explaining Epicurean Physics In One Paragraph (in rebuttal of ideas such as the "multiverse")
- Kalosyni
September 22, 2023 at 4:01 PM
- Kalosyni
September 22, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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Time in Epicurus, Lucretius, and Aristotle 27
- Don
September 4, 2023 at 8:55 AM
- Don
September 6, 2023 at 2:44 PM
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More correct to say "Natural Science" rather than "Physics"? 9
- Kalosyni
July 13, 2023 at 10:34 AM
- Kalosyni
July 13, 2023 at 2:42 PM
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Epicurus and Spacetime 2
- Twentier
March 25, 2023 at 6:21 PM
- Twentier
March 26, 2023 at 6:16 AM
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Did Epicurus really oversell the power of science to diminish anxiety? 19
- waterholic
February 14, 2023 at 1:52 AM
- waterholic
February 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM
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*Basic* Article on History of Atomism - 2023 2
- Cassius
January 25, 2023 at 9:23 AM
- Cassius
January 25, 2023 at 9:45 AM
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Free Will, Determinism or. Compatibilism? 2
- Sid
October 10, 2022 at 4:29 AM
- Sid
October 10, 2022 at 8:13 AM
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Graphic By Elli On Epicurus vs Plato On Creation of the Universe 6
- Cassius
July 31, 2022 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
August 2, 2022 at 6:02 PM
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The Twelve Fundamentals - Discussion on Lucretius Today Podcast 73
- Cassius
June 20, 2022 at 7:54 AM
- Cassius
March 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Sedley Article: Epicurus And The Mathematicians of Cyzicus -1976 ( On The Issue of Epicurus vs Geometry) 1
- Cassius
June 15, 2022 at 9:26 AM
- Cassius
June 15, 2022 at 10:25 AM
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Isonomia 23
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 17, 2021 at 9:00 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 23, 2021 at 1:58 PM
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Best Videos Discussing The Limits of Speculation In Physics
- Cassius
July 29, 2021 at 8:58 AM
- Cassius
July 29, 2021 at 8:58 AM
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Navigation of the Physics Forum
- Cassius
July 29, 2021 at 8:52 AM
- Cassius
July 29, 2021 at 8:52 AM
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ΠPOΦHTAΣ ATOMΩN – "Atom-Prophets" 2
- Twentier
June 13, 2021 at 11:52 AM
- Twentier
June 13, 2021 at 7:27 PM
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Simulacra, gods and the dead 38
- timrobbe
November 14, 2020 at 3:49 AM
- timrobbe
January 6, 2021 at 1:37 PM
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Responding To A Video Entitled: "Quantum Physics Debunks Materialism" - Collecting Arguments Against Anti-Epicurean Uses of Quantum Physics Theories 25
- Cassius
October 3, 2020 at 9:43 AM
- Cassius
November 19, 2020 at 7:56 PM
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How Supporters of Epicurus Should Approach The Effect of Modern Scientific Discoveries In Their Promotion of Epicurean Philosophy 5
- Philos Armonikos
August 16, 2020 at 2:13 PM
- Philos Armonikos
August 16, 2020 at 6:22 PM
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Infinity and the Expanding Universe 39
- Godfrey
July 23, 2020 at 4:50 PM
- Godfrey
July 25, 2020 at 7:13 PM
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ΤΟ ΠΑΝ: The Sum of All Things 19
- Don
March 9, 2020 at 11:47 PM
- Don
April 1, 2022 at 1:07 AM
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Proposition: It is Not Primarily the "Science" of Epicurus That Should Impress Us, But Rather The "Perspective" On Science, Or, If You Will, The "Limit" On Science, That Is His Major Achievement. 3
- Cassius
January 6, 2020 at 8:16 AM
- Cassius
February 26, 2020 at 5:40 AM
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The Nature of the Universe - Not Random, But Undirected? 8
- Cassius
December 2, 2019 at 11:29 AM
- Cassius
December 3, 2019 at 11:05 AM
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Article Attacking "Post Empirical Science"
- Cassius
October 24, 2019 at 11:19 AM
- Cassius
October 24, 2019 at 11:19 AM
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Question Re Thermodynamics And Deductive Reasoning v. Empiricism 12
- Cassius
October 3, 2019 at 8:13 AM
- Cassius
October 4, 2019 at 5:13 PM
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A Call For Links On The Relationship of Mathematics and Geometry to Reality (and Epicurus' view of the issue) 5
- Cassius
August 1, 2019 at 10:58 AM
- Cassius
August 5, 2019 at 3:01 PM
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Epicurean Physics and Modernity 2
- Apollonius
July 24, 2019 at 7:40 AM
- Apollonius
July 24, 2019 at 6:08 PM
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A quote from a book review person needs clarification misunderstanding 1
- godek
July 19, 2019 at 1:16 AM
- godek
July 19, 2019 at 5:38 AM
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Article - "Quantum Theory Describes An Eternal Universe"
- Cassius
June 20, 2019 at 7:49 AM
- Cassius
June 20, 2019 at 7:49 AM
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Beginning of the Universe
- Mousikos
June 17, 2019 at 6:21 AM
- Mousikos
June 17, 2019 at 6:21 AM
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