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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. You Only Live Once
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  - Cassius
  - October 6, 2018 at 10:48 AM
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2. You Have Been Deceived!
  - Cassius
  - February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
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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
  - Cassius
  - September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
  - Cassius
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4. Pacatus
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2. 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
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4. A_Gardner
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2. Would It Be Fair To Say That Epicurus Taught "Lower Your Expectations And You'll Never Be Disappointed"? 10
  - Cassius
  - January 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
  - Cassius
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2. Wikipedia on "Pleasure"
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  - Kalosyni
  - October 18, 2023 at 6:24 PM
  - Kalosyni
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2. Why was Epicurus condemned to the sixth circle of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy? 4
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  - Hiram
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4. Eikadistes
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2. Why Minimizing All Desire Is Incorrect (And What To Do Instead) 34
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  - Kalosyni
  - December 4, 2024 at 11:15 AM
  - Kalosyni
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2. Why Do We Focus On "Pleasure" as the Goal and the Good, Rather than "Happiness?" 3
  - Cassius
  - December 18, 2018 at 8:50 AM
  - Cassius
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2. When Epicureans Choose Pain / When Epicureans Treat Pain As Good 4
  - Cassius
  - December 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM
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4. Don
  December 22, 2024 at 11:50 AM
2. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Said To Him That The Value of Being Dead and Being Alive Are Equal? 23
  - Cassius
  - June 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
  - Cassius
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2. What amount of effort should be put into pursuing pleasure or removing pain? 23
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4. Patrikios
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2. We Need A Game Show With A Lightning Round Question: "Happiness or Pleasure? - Why?" 28
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  - February 2, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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4. Little Rocker
  February 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
2. We are All Born Hedonists 1
  - Hiram
  - January 27, 2019 at 11:39 AM
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  - January 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM
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4. Cassius
  January 27, 2019 at 12:01 PM
2. Wanting vs Liking
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  - January 24, 2021 at 9:05 AM
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2. Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16
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  - Matt
  - January 10, 2019 at 8:48 AM
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4. Condorcet
  January 22, 2019 at 6:28 PM
2. Understanding of good vs. bad desires? 1
  - Hiram
  - February 13, 2019 at 6:54 AM
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  - February 13, 2019 at 9:09 AM
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4. Cassius
  February 13, 2019 at 9:09 AM
2. To What Extent Is This Consistent With Epicurean Ethics: "Life is Short - Life Passionately"
  - Cassius
  - October 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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2. Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24
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  - November 28, 2023 at 8:27 AM
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4. Cassius
  November 29, 2023 at 9:56 AM
2. Things that happen after we die 7
  - SimonC
  - February 4, 2022 at 6:29 AM
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4. Don
  February 4, 2022 at 9:54 AM
2. The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5
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  - kochiekoch
  - July 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
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2. The Meaning of Eudaemonia - "Good Demon" 1
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  - January 22, 2018 at 9:56 AM
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4. Hiram
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2. The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model
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  - February 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM
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2. The Argument That the Good Of Animals is Not the Same As The Good of Human Beings
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  - March 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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2. Suggestions For - "What I Wish I Had Known At 21 That I Now Know From Studying Epicurus" 11
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  September 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
2. Star Conclusions of Epicurean Theory 1
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  - October 24, 2018 at 9:09 AM
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4. Cassius
  October 26, 2018 at 7:10 PM
2. Spitting Upon the Beautiful... 3
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  - Adrastus
  - October 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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4. Cassius
  October 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
2. Some Epicurean conclusions 7
  - Stan85
  - May 19, 2018 at 7:23 PM
  - Stan85
  - May 25, 2018 at 4:38 AM
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4. Cassius
  May 25, 2018 at 4:38 AM
2. 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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4. Joshua
  May 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM
2. Should Epicurus be viewed as a pure consequentialist, virtue ethicist, or both? 14
  - wbernys
  - May 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
  - wbernys
  - May 8, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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4. Don
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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

Would There Be Benefit In Adapting the "Benjamin Franklin Journaling Model" To Our Discussion of Practical Exercises? 16

Would It Be Fair To Say That Epicurus Taught "Lower Your Expectations And You'll Never Be Disappointed"? 10

Why was Epicurus condemned to the sixth circle of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy? 4

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

Why Do We Focus On "Pleasure" as the Goal and the Good, Rather than "Happiness?" 3

When Epicureans Choose Pain / When Epicureans Treat Pain As Good 4

What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Said To Him That The Value of Being Dead and Being Alive Are Equal? 23

What amount of effort should be put into pursuing pleasure or removing pain? 23

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

We are All Born Hedonists 1

Valueless Virtue in Modern Stoicism 16

Understanding of good vs. bad desires? 1

Tips On Offsetting Pleasures Against Pains 24

Things that happen after we die 7

The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5

The Meaning of Eudaemonia - "Good Demon" 1

Suggestions For - "What I Wish I Had Known At 21 That I Now Know From Studying Epicurus" 11

Star Conclusions of Epicurean Theory 1

Spitting Upon the Beautiful... 3

Some Epicurean conclusions 7

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

Should Epicurus be viewed as a pure consequentialist, virtue ethicist, or both? 14

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