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Torquatus' Statement of the Epicurean View Of The Ultimate Good In "On Ends" 26
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The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model 2
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Cicero Attributing To Epicurus The View That Virtuous Action Is Itself Pleasurable 9
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"All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation"
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September 2, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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Collecting Ancient Instances of the Argument: "Pleasure Cannot Be The Highest Good Because It Has No Limit" 19
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Thomas Jefferson's "Head And Heart" Letter
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Journal of happiness studies article on Epicurus 8
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Victor Frankl 3
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Pleasure slogans 5
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Comment at the Epicurean Philosophy Facebook Group On Pleasure As The Highest Good 23
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Pleasure over truth 15
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Continuous Pleasure / Sustained Pleasure 6
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Post At Modern Epicurean Blog - "Epicurean Ethics Considered And Defended" 7
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A Video on Epicurus and Pleasure Being Better Than God Or Virtue. 1
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Pleasure: ruminations from sequestration 7
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Consequentialism & Moral Relativism within the context of Pleasure-filled Philosophy 27
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Obeying the law is pleasurable 1
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How Much Pleasure Is Needed For A Happy Life? 1
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Pleasure vs Happiness (?) Discussion of Hiram's "In Defense of Eudaimonia" 36
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Is Pleasure the Only Good? 7
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Nature and Pleasure and Pain 9
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August 18, 2019 at 2:04 PM
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