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    2. Does Baloo Speak for Epicurus In the Song "Bare Necessities" from "The Jungle Book" Movie? 5

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    2. Feedback From A User 51

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    2. Announcement: An Award For The Best Thesis On Epicurus 1

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    2. An Epicurean Instagram 6

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    2. Against the Physicists / Physicians 23

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    2. La Mettrie: an Epicurean System 3

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    2. Seneca's On Happiness versus La Mettrie's Anti-Seneca 23

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    2. Anachronisms In Pictures

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    2. A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6

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    2. Happy Birthday Elayne! 4

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    2. A scholarship for best work about Epicurus 1

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    2. Parsing The Wikipedia Introduction To Epicurus (As Of February 6, 2020)

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    2. Article on the "Letter to Marcella" by Porphyry 21

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    2. Community Health And Wellness Check 10

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    2. Epicurus and the Art of Land Surveying 2

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    2. Scheduling of Online Activities As Of January 2020 15

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    2. Happy Twentieth of January, 2020! 2

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    2. It was a pleasure 2

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    2. Poll: Confirm Or Deny This Article About Non-Believers And Pets: Do You Have Dog(s), Cat(s), Both, Neither?

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    2. How to live a Good Life Featured in PW 5

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    2. Creative Assistance Needed! "The Twelve Days of Class With Epicurus" 8

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    2. Happy New Year, But Remember Also That Tomorrow Marks Something Even Bigger - Epicurus' Birthday!

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    2. An Approach to Reading Philosophy 3

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    2. Discussion Round-Up 1

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    2. Greetings 6

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    2. Happy Holidays To All! 1

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    2. Navigating Family Prayer 5

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    2. Dead Reddit / The "Isms" Thread 62

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    2. Pewdiepie Gets it Wrong - The Problem Isn't "Virtue Signaling" - The Problem is "Virtue" Itself

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    2. Richard Dawkins Channels The Spirit of Epicurus!

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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