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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. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 17
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2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1
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2. Epicurean Emporium 9
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2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 2
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Featured Videos | Latest Lucretius Today Podcast: #285 - "The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain"" | Member Announcements | The Epicurean Paradigm Shift (Things To Know When Reading Epicurus For The First Time)

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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Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 17

New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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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