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A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 3
- Pacatus
October 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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October 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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Epicurean Golden Rule? 14
- Pacatus
July 5, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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September 30, 2024 at 9:17 AM
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Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4
- Kalosyni
June 4, 2024 at 1:34 PM
- Kalosyni
September 9, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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Explaining In Summary Form How A Man In Extreme Pain Can Be Said To Be "Happy" 22
- Cassius
April 20, 2024 at 5:38 AM
- Cassius
July 1, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19
- kochiekoch
April 19, 2024 at 1:43 PM
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April 23, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205
- Todd
December 19, 2022 at 4:34 PM
- Todd
November 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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List of Epicurean philosophical remedies
- Kalosyni
November 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
- Kalosyni
November 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Wikipedia on "Pleasure"
- Kalosyni
October 18, 2023 at 6:24 PM
- Kalosyni
October 18, 2023 at 6:24 PM
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If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29
- Cassius
October 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM
- Cassius
October 7, 2023 at 8:22 PM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7
- EricR
August 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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August 5, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Desiderata 2
- Pacatus
August 2, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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August 2, 2023 at 7:45 PM
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Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4
- Godfrey
June 7, 2023 at 9:10 PM
- Godfrey
June 9, 2023 at 7:07 AM
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Social feelings/actions to not-friends(or strangers, animals) (Philantropy /compassion /sympathy / kindness / charity /) 4
- Matteng
May 17, 2023 at 4:50 AM
- Matteng
May 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM
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Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30
- waterholic
December 8, 2022 at 6:08 AM
- waterholic
February 10, 2023 at 11:02 PM
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Epicureans On Kingship 15
- Cassius
August 2, 2022 at 10:16 AM
- Cassius
October 10, 2022 at 5:11 AM
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“How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity” 3
- Pacatus
September 8, 2022 at 6:13 PM
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September 8, 2022 at 6:54 PM
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Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36
- Godfrey
July 17, 2022 at 9:25 PM
- Godfrey
July 20, 2022 at 8:34 PM
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Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26
- Cassius
October 1, 2019 at 2:08 PM
- Cassius
June 30, 2022 at 5:44 AM
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Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 2
- Don
April 30, 2022 at 7:32 AM
- Don
April 30, 2022 at 9:35 AM
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Identifying And Dealing With Significant Error / Mistakes in Ourselves (and Others)
- Cassius
April 21, 2022 at 9:38 AM
- Cassius
April 21, 2022 at 9:38 AM
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As to the Term "Hedonic Calculus" or the "Calculus of Advantage" 22
- Cassius
February 27, 2022 at 7:26 AM
- Cassius
March 1, 2022 at 12:03 PM
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Things that happen after we die 7
- SimonC
February 4, 2022 at 6:29 AM
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February 4, 2022 at 9:54 AM
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To What Extent Is This Consistent With Epicurean Ethics: "Life is Short - Life Passionately"
- Cassius
October 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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Regarding categories | Will to Power: a natural or un-natural desire? 7
- shahabgh66
August 7, 2021 at 6:02 AM
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Would There Be Benefit In Adapting the "Benjamin Franklin Journaling Model" To Our Discussion of Practical Exercises? 16
- Cassius
July 8, 2021 at 11:07 AM
- Cassius
July 12, 2021 at 12:26 PM
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New Book by Erler (Würzburg Center): "Epicurus: An Introduction to His Practical Ethics and Politics" 2
- Titus
June 24, 2021 at 3:39 PM
- Titus
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Epicurus On Money, And A Connection With Limits Referenced By A Modern Philosopher 2
- Cassius
June 11, 2021 at 8:29 AM
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June 11, 2021 at 9:42 AM
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Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics by David Sedley 1
- Godfrey
June 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM
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June 3, 2021 at 4:47 PM
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De Rerum Natura Early Manuscript - codex oblongus
- Kalosyni
November 5, 2024 at 7:32 AM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
- Kalosyni
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Nothing Ain't Worth Nothing....
- kochiekoch
November 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM - General Discussion
- kochiekoch
November 4, 2024 at 2:49 PM
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Prolepsis / Anticipations As Epicurus' Answer to the MENO Problem 33
- Cassius
October 31, 2024 at 1:20 PM - General Discussion
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November 2, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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On Use Of The Term Apikoros / Apiqoros / Bikouros Against Epicureans 25
- Cassius
December 17, 2018 at 9:14 AM - General Discussion
- Cassius
October 31, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Question on Lucretius 6
- briefvacation
October 30, 2024 at 3:38 PM - General Discussion
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October 31, 2024 at 1:16 PM
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