Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation

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2. Key Citations On Beneficence
  - Cassius
  - October 4, 2023 at 12:13 PM
  - Cassius
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2. Key Citations On Confidence 2
  - Cassius
  - October 4, 2023 at 12:12 PM
  - Cassius
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4. Don
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2. Key Citations On Honesty and Frank Speech
  - Cassius
  - October 4, 2023 at 12:12 PM
  - Cassius
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2. Key Citations On Courage
  - Cassius
  - October 4, 2023 at 12:10 PM
  - Cassius
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2. Key Citations On Prudence
  - Cassius
  - October 4, 2023 at 12:04 PM
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2. Torquatus' Statement of the Epicurean View Of The Ultimate Good In "On Ends" 26
  - Cassius
  - September 28, 2021 at 5:35 AM
  - Cassius
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2. The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model 2
  - Cassius
  - January 30, 2016 at 7:10 PM
  - Cassius
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2. Virtues are Entirely Instumental 1
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  - Kalosyni
  - September 22, 2026 at 8:36 AM
  - Kalosyni
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4. Godfrey
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2. Epicurean Virtue 13
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  - wbernys
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4. DaveT
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2. Alex O´Conners ethical view he calls "Emotivism" 1
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  - Matteng
  - January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
  - Matteng
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4. Cassius
  January 3, 2026 at 9:24 AM
2. Venus and Mars - "Good" vs. "Evil"? 9
  - Cassius
  - June 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
  - Cassius
  - June 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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2. What is Virtue and what aspects of Virtue does an Epicurean cultivate? 14
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  - Kalosyni
  - March 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
  - Kalosyni
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2. Philodemus - On Frank Speech 20
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  - Don
  - September 16, 2023 at 10:49 AM
  - Don
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2. Cicero Attributing To Epicurus The View That Virtuous Action Is Itself Pleasurable 9
  - Cassius
  - September 3, 2023 at 9:56 PM
  - Cassius
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4. Don
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2. "All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation"
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  - Cassius
  - September 2, 2023 at 12:29 PM
  - Cassius
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2. Collecting Ancient Instances of the Argument: "Pleasure Cannot Be The Highest Good Because It Has No Limit" 19
  - Cassius
  - December 27, 2021 at 9:02 AM
  - Cassius
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2. Thomas Jefferson's "Head And Heart" Letter
  - Cassius
  - April 7, 2021 at 11:02 AM
  - Cassius
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2. Journal of happiness studies article on Epicurus 8
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  - brett
  - November 26, 2020 at 7:04 PM
  - brett
  - November 27, 2020 at 2:43 PM
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4. Cassius
  November 27, 2020 at 2:43 PM
2. Victor Frankl 3
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  - timrobbe
  - November 22, 2020 at 5:15 AM
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4. Joshua
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2. Pleasure slogans 5
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  - Godfrey
  - November 13, 2020 at 6:48 PM
  - Godfrey
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2. Comment at the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group On Pleasure As The Highest Good 23
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  - Cassius
  - September 16, 2020 at 7:48 AM
  - Cassius
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4. Cassius
  September 18, 2020 at 2:50 PM
2. Pleasure over truth 15
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  - Mathitis Kipouros
  - September 14, 2020 at 11:41 PM
  - Mathitis Kipouros
  - September 16, 2020 at 12:45 PM
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4. Cassius
  September 16, 2020 at 12:45 PM
2. Continuous Pleasure / Sustained Pleasure 6
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  - Cassius
  - September 7, 2020 at 4:33 PM
  - Cassius
  - September 8, 2020 at 3:11 AM
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2. Post At Modern Epicurean Blog - "Epicurean Ethics Considered And Defended" 7
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  - Cassius
  - September 7, 2020 at 10:33 AM
  - Cassius
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4. Don
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2. A Video on Epicurus and Pleasure Being Better Than God Or Virtue. 1
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  - Eoghan Gardiner
  - July 25, 2020 at 11:02 AM
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2. Pleasure: ruminations from sequestration 7
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  - Godfrey
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  - Godfrey
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2. Consequentialism & Moral Relativism within the context of Pleasure-filled Philosophy 27
  - Charles
  - March 10, 2020 at 5:22 PM
  - Charles
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2. Obeying the law is pleasurable 1
  - Cassius
  - January 11, 2020 at 9:29 PM
  - Cassius
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2. How Much Pleasure Is Needed For A Happy Life? 1
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  - Cassius
  - November 11, 2019 at 9:13 AM
  - Cassius
  - November 11, 2019 at 9:14 AM
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2. Pleasure vs Happiness (?) Discussion of Hiram's "In Defense of Eudaimonia" 36
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  - Cassius
  - October 20, 2019 at 12:08 PM
  - Cassius
  - October 28, 2019 at 1:22 PM
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Key Citations On Confidence 2

Torquatus' Statement of the Epicurean View Of The Ultimate Good In "On Ends" 26

The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model 2

Virtues are Entirely Instumental 1

Epicurean Virtue 13

Alex O´Conners ethical view he calls "Emotivism" 1

Venus and Mars - "Good" vs. "Evil"? 9

What is Virtue and what aspects of Virtue does an Epicurean cultivate? 14

Philodemus - On Frank Speech 20

Cicero Attributing To Epicurus The View That Virtuous Action Is Itself Pleasurable 9

Collecting Ancient Instances of the Argument: "Pleasure Cannot Be The Highest Good Because It Has No Limit" 19

Journal of happiness studies article on Epicurus 8

Victor Frankl 3

Pleasure slogans 5

Comment at the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group On Pleasure As The Highest Good 23

Pleasure over truth 15

Continuous Pleasure / Sustained Pleasure 6

Post At Modern Epicurean Blog - "Epicurean Ethics Considered And Defended" 7

A Video on Epicurus and Pleasure Being Better Than God Or Virtue. 1

Pleasure: ruminations from sequestration 7

Consequentialism & Moral Relativism within the context of Pleasure-filled Philosophy 27

Obeying the law is pleasurable 1

How Much Pleasure Is Needed For A Happy Life? 1

Pleasure vs Happiness (?) Discussion of Hiram's "In Defense of Eudaimonia" 36

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