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In this section we discuss Epicurean Ethics and how to live as an Epicurean in a world where there are no supernatural gods and no life after death.

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2. Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26
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2. Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36
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2. “How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity” 3
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2. Epicureans On Kingship 15
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2. We Need A Game Show With A Lightning Round Question: "Happiness or Pleasure? - Why?" 28
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2. Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30
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2. Imagery On The Interplay Between "Pursue Pleasure" and 'Avoid Pain" 33
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2. "Living Life Full Measure" as an Epicurean Metaphor 3
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2. Social feelings/actions to not-friends(or strangers, animals) (Philantropy /compassion /sympathy / kindness / charity /) 4
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2. How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22
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2. Pleasure vs pain - example and thoughts! 10
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2. Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4
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2. How would you respond to an existentialist who says "You Epicureans have chosen pleasure as your meaning but it's not universal" do Epicureans hold that pleasure is the universal Good? 13
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  - Eoghan Gardiner
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2. Desiderata 2
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2. A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7
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  - August 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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2. Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
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  - October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
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2. If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29
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4. Cassius
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2. Explaining Perspectives - Chart Of Whole Organism vs Discrete Feelings
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2. Wikipedia on "Pleasure"
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2. 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
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2. List of Epicurean philosophical remedies
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2. Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24
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2. Mental pleasure/pain more intense and longer lasting than physical pleasure/pain 33
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2. Fundamental Issues In Hedonism 15
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2. Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
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2. My 2024 Resolution: Get A More Accurate Picture of Epicurean Pleasure To The World Rather Than "Tranquility" or "Live Unkown"(Comment on Irish Times Article) 15
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2. Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
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2. Given The Stress That Many Greek Philosophers' Placed On "Virtue" or a perfect view of "The Good" As The Ultimate Goal, To What Extent Would An Epicurus Have Considered That Approach An "Unnatural and Unnecessary Desire?" 4
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  - February 26, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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2. If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What *Should* We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8
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2. Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19
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Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26

Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36

“How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity” 3

Epicureans On Kingship 15

We Need A Game Show With A Lightning Round Question: "Happiness or Pleasure? - Why?" 28

Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30

Imagery On The Interplay Between "Pursue Pleasure" and 'Avoid Pain" 33

"Living Life Full Measure" as an Epicurean Metaphor 3

Social feelings/actions to not-friends(or strangers, animals) (Philantropy /compassion /sympathy / kindness / charity /) 4

How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22

Pleasure vs pain - example and thoughts! 10

Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4

How would you respond to an existentialist who says "You Epicureans have chosen pleasure as your meaning but it's not universal" do Epicureans hold that pleasure is the universal Good? 13

Desiderata 2

A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7

Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13

If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29

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

Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24

Mental pleasure/pain more intense and longer lasting than physical pleasure/pain 33

Fundamental Issues In Hedonism 15

Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10

My 2024 Resolution: Get A More Accurate Picture of Epicurean Pleasure To The World Rather Than "Tranquility" or "Live Unkown"(Comment on Irish Times Article) 15

Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30

Given The Stress That Many Greek Philosophers' Placed On "Virtue" or a perfect view of "The Good" As The Ultimate Goal, To What Extent Would An Epicurus Have Considered That Approach An "Unnatural and Unnecessary Desire?" 4

If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What *Should* We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8

Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19

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If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What Should We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8