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    2. New Music Created by Michele Pinto and Andrea Celidoni - Free As Epicurus - The Epicurus Rap! 8

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    2. Hey guys I created new video against the Stoic idea that virtue is goal of life. Hope you enjoy 2

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    2. Mochus (or Moschus) the Phoenician 1

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    2. Upcoming Epicurean Festival in Italy, With Announcement of Thesis Contest Winners 1

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    2. Classification of Epicurean Philosophy 4

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    2. A Passage That Seems Particularly Appropriate About Now 5

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    2. "Uninspiring Responses of the Day" Thread 1

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Key Discussions Table

Physics: Canonics: Ethics:
Materiality:  Ultimate Particles and Void
 The Three Components of The Epicurean Canon Pleasure As the Highest Good
Epicurean Gods And Life Elsewhere In The Universe
 Epicurean Logic And Reason Virtue As Instrumental To Pleasure
The Impossibility of Life After Death
 The Trustworthiness of the Senses The Relationship of Pleasure To Absence of Pain And Disturbance
The Existence of "the Swerve"
 Knowledge And Truth Emotion In Epicurean Philosophy
The Universe As Eternal In Time
 The Significance of "Images" Engagement With The Non-Epicurean World
The Universe As Infinite In Space
Agency / Free Will
The Universe As Having No Center
Friendship in Epicurean Philosophy
The Impossibility of Infinite Divisibility
 Justice in Epicurean Philosophy

Dealing With Adversity