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List Of Frequently Used Forums
  1. General Information And Discussion - Start Here
  2. Private Section - Includes Level 03 And Above Discussions and 20th Zoom Meeting
  3. The Lucretius Today Podcast and other Projects
  4. EpicureanFriends Zoom Meetings, Outreach, and Activism
  5. Physics - The Nature of the Universe
  6. Canonics - The Tests of Truth: The Five Senses, Anticipations, and Feelings of Pleasure and Pain
  7. Ethics - How to Live As An Epicurean
  8. Epicurean Historical Figures - Biographies of Epicureans from Epicurus To The Present
  9. Ancient Epicurean Texts (300 BC to 300 AD)
  10. Epicurean Books, Articles, and Videos (1500's - Present)
  11. Comparisons With Non-Epicurean Philosophies
  12. History, Locations, and Customs Relevant to Ancient Epicureans
  13. Epicurean Symbolism in Art, Music, Literature, and Poetry

    2. Episode 226 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Epicurean Section 01 - Introduction 16

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      • April 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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      • June 21, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 21, 2024 at 5:40 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Six - Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction - On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy 9

      • Cassius
      • June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM

    2. Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

      • Cassius
      • April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    4. Bryan

      April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

      • Cassius
      • October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM

    2. Episode 230 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity 18

      • Cassius
      • May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM

    2. Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13

      • Cassius
      • March 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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    4. Titus

      April 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM

    2. Episode Thirty-Eight: Start of Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell 6

      • Cassius
      • September 26, 2020 at 10:23 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7

      • Cassius
      • December 10, 2021 at 10:43 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM
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    4. Don

      December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM

    2. Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7

      • Cassius
      • May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    2. Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 04 12

      • Cassius
      • August 20, 2023 at 5:12 PM
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      • August 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty - The Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter 18

      • Cassius
      • September 11, 2022 at 1:23 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Three: Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time 10

      • Cassius
      • October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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    4. Julia

      October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7

      • Cassius
      • January 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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    4. Bryan

      January 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Six - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 02 - The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy 10

      • Cassius
      • October 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM
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      • November 4, 2022 at 11:20 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      November 4, 2022 at 11:20 AM

    2. Episode Sixty-One - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 5

      • Cassius
      • March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM

    2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM

    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 11

      • Cassius
      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 9, 2023 at 2:51 PM
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    4. Joshua

      September 9, 2023 at 2:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Six - The Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One) 10

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      • August 15, 2022 at 9:06 PM
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      • August 23, 2022 at 4:11 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 23, 2022 at 4:11 PM

    2. Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12

      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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      • December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM
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    4. Joshua

      December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

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      • July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM

    2. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

      • Cassius
      • August 14, 2021 at 9:21 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM

    2. Episode 179 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02 10

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM
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    4. Joshua

      June 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM

    2. Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7

      • Cassius
      • October 8, 2020 at 7:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

      • Cassius
      • April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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    4. Don

      April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9

      • Cassius
      • December 31, 2021 at 11:02 PM
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      • January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM
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      January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6

      • Cassius
      • August 21, 2021 at 5:20 PM
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      • August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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    4. Don

      August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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      • August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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      • September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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      September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

    2. Episode 270 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time 48

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      • February 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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    2. Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For An Ideal View of Friendship and Happiness Which Epicureans Reject 8

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      • February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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      • February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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      February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7

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      • September 28, 2022 at 5:41 AM
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      • October 10, 2022 at 3:29 PM
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    2. ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus 99

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    2. Daily life of ancient Epicureans / 21st Century Epicureans 19

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    2. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5

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    2. Analysing movies through an Epicurean lens 16

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    2. Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 24

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