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Epicurus held that his "Canon of Truth" is the key to confident level, and the antidote to both unfounded dogmatism and radical skepticism.

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Featured Videos | Latest Lucretius Today Podcast: #287 - "The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why." | Member Announcements | The Epicurean Paradigm Shift (Things To Know When Reading Epicurus For The First Time) | Community Standards And Posting Policies

Prolepsis of the gods 44

Epicurus And The Pontius Pilate Question: "What Is Truth?" Does Epicurean Canonics Support "Objective Truth"? 5

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

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As To The Three Legs Of The Canon (Sensations, Feelings, Anticipations) Is it Possible to Experience (Receive Data?) From One Without The Others? 39

Is reality real? (from Big Think) 20

"Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39

Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66

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