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Episode 219 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. In this episode we continue to address Cicero's attacks on Epicurus' views on pain.
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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 4
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12
- Cassius
February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- Cassius
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
- shahabgh66
January 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
- shahabgh66
January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
- Cassius
December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7
- Cassius
November 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM
- Cassius
December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 30
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 15, 2023 at 9:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM
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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
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
- Joshua
February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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Convincing Demonstrations of the God(s) 1
- Twentier
August 22, 2023 at 2:34 PM
- Twentier
August 23, 2023 at 5:36 AM
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The Illusory Walls of Safety
- Twentier
August 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM
- Twentier
August 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM
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Ninon de l'Enclos site
- kochiekoch
August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
- kochiekoch
August 7, 2023 at 10:17 PM
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Competencies of Understanding in Epicurean Philosophy 2
- Kalosyni
August 7, 2023 at 9:05 AM
- Kalosyni
August 7, 2023 at 10:49 AM
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Happy 20th! What?! 1
- Don
August 6, 2023 at 2:39 PM
- Don
August 6, 2023 at 9:14 PM
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A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7
- EricR
August 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM
- EricR
August 5, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Julie Giovacchini - "The Tetrapharmakos, Authentic Formula Or Simplistic Summary Of Epicurean Ethics?" 5
- Don
August 3, 2023 at 1:35 PM
- Don
August 4, 2023 at 2:33 PM
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Sharing Zoom sessions 6
- EricR
August 2, 2023 at 8:52 AM
- EricR
August 3, 2023 at 8:15 PM
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Compatibility of Epicureanism and Existential Therapy 12
- Kalosyni
August 30, 2022 at 8:57 AM
- Kalosyni
July 29, 2023 at 9:50 AM
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Piero de Cosimo's Lucretius - Inspired Paintings 9
- Joshua
July 26, 2023 at 9:34 PM
- Joshua
July 27, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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"The Philosophical Mind" enters the skull of Epicurus 12
- EricR
July 19, 2023 at 9:05 AM
- EricR
July 27, 2023 at 11:12 AM
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Happy Athenian New Year! (Wed, Jul 19th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:35 PM
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The Sliver of the New Moon at Nightfall (Tue, Jul 18th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:32 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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The First New Moon After the Summer Solstice (Mon, Jul 17th 2023)
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2023 at 7:29 PM
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Epicurus in Senigallia - Italy 1
- michelepinto
July 13, 2023 at 5:48 AM
- michelepinto
July 13, 2023 at 6:01 AM
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Epicurean Philosophy for the Sensitive Soul 4
- Kalosyni
June 2, 2023 at 3:25 PM
- Kalosyni
July 12, 2023 at 11:25 AM
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Thomas Carnes - Keeping the Friend in Epicurean Friendship 6
- warjuning
July 9, 2023 at 11:50 AM
- warjuning
July 9, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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Marcus Encolpus' Tomb Inscription 14
- Cassius
July 6, 2023 at 1:15 PM
- Cassius
July 7, 2023 at 9:11 PM
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Virgil's "Felix Qui Potuit Rerum Cognoscere Causas.." 1
- Cassius
July 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM
- Cassius
July 7, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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Recent Article on Aristippus in Psychology Today 1
- Joshua
July 5, 2023 at 6:49 PM
- Joshua
July 5, 2023 at 6:51 PM
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Quick Note Re The Vatican Sayings Forums 1
- Cassius
July 4, 2023 at 9:11 PM
- Cassius
July 4, 2023 at 9:24 PM
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New Work of Historical Fiction With Epicurean Connections by Christian Luchini - "The Posillipo Enigma" 4
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:11 AM
- Cassius
June 29, 2023 at 1:38 PM
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Readings From Lucretius In Latin 12
- Cassius
June 27, 2023 at 7:42 AM
- Cassius
June 29, 2023 at 11:12 AM
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Table Of Key Tags Added to Front Page 1
- Cassius
June 20, 2023 at 6:22 AM
- Cassius
June 20, 2023 at 2:33 PM
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Does the philosophy change you? 45
- EricR
June 13, 2023 at 7:56 AM
- EricR
June 16, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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How would you respond to an existentialist who says "You Epicureans have chosen pleasure as your meaning but it's not universal" do Epicureans hold that pleasure is the universal Good? 13
- Eoghan Gardiner
June 13, 2023 at 9:13 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
June 15, 2023 at 12:36 AM
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Who to believe? 34
- ThinkingCat
May 27, 2023 at 10:32 AM
- ThinkingCat
June 8, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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New Review of Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" - This Time By An Objectivist 10
- Cassius
May 18, 2023 at 7:20 PM
- Cassius
June 7, 2023 at 9:52 PM
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Joseph Conrad, Author's Note to the 2nd Edition of "The Shadow Line" 2
- Joshua
June 7, 2023 at 6:55 PM
- Joshua
June 7, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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Animal Intelligence - Parrots and Videoconferencing
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
- Cassius
June 4, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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