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2. How has the word epicurean come to mean excess? 22
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2. An Epicurean "Sanity Check" 14
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2. Mental pleasure/pain more intense and longer lasting than physical pleasure/pain 33
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2. Imagery On The Interplay Between "Pursue Pleasure" and 'Avoid Pain" 33
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2. Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
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2. Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16
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2. Epicurean Freedom. Enslavement by culture. The mob. 15
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2. Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30
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2. "Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 37
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2. Elena Nicoli - An Excellent Presentation On Epicurean Pleasure 11
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2. On "Desires" And Their Relationship To Pleasure 30
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2. Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36
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2. Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26
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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. Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205
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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

An Epicurean "Sanity Check" 14

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

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

Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30

Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16

Epicurean Freedom. Enslavement by culture. The mob. 15

Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30

"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 37

Elena Nicoli - An Excellent Presentation On Epicurean Pleasure 11

On "Desires" And Their Relationship To Pleasure 30

Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36

Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26

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

Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205

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