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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. How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22
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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. Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4
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2. The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5
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2. Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 2
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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. Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4
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2. Desiderata 2
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2. Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
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2. List of Epicurean philosophical remedies
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2. Why Minimizing All Desire Is Incorrect (And What To Do Instead) 34
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2. Epicurean Golden Rule? 14
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2. Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19
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2. A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 6
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2. Driving Away Bad Habits "Like Evil Men Who Have Long Done Us Great Harm" (Including Addictions)
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2. Did Epicurus Intend To Commit Suicide By Drinking Unmixed Wine On His Last Day? 11
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2. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6
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2. The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11
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2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9
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2. Preconceptions and PD24 42
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How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22

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

Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4

The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5

Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 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

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

Desiderata 2

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

Why Minimizing All Desire Is Incorrect (And What To Do Instead) 34

Epicurean Golden Rule? 14

Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19

A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 6

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Did Epicurus Intend To Commit Suicide By Drinking Unmixed Wine On His Last Day? 11

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The “Absence of Pain” Problem 11

Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9

Preconceptions and PD24 42

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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