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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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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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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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"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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"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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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 6
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
April 12, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A List of Life Pleasures 4
- Kalosyni
August 3, 2022 at 11:20 AM
- Kalosyni
August 3, 2022 at 5:44 PM
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Scientific Knowledge for Modern Epicureans - the Means to Dispel Fear and Anxiety 1
- Kalosyni
July 5, 2022 at 10:09 AM
- Kalosyni
July 5, 2022 at 11:21 AM
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Neuroscience of Happiness and Pleasure -- Morten L. Kringelbach and Kent C. Berridge 2
- Kalosyni
June 27, 2022 at 7:53 PM
- Kalosyni
June 27, 2022 at 8:53 PM
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Natural Goods in Epicureanism 10
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2022 at 9:06 AM
- Kalosyni
June 12, 2022 at 8:09 PM
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Is Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy Compatible with Epicureanism? 23
- Kalosyni
May 3, 2022 at 5:53 PM
- Kalosyni
May 4, 2022 at 10:53 PM
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The Garden Then -- and the Garden Now 10
- Kalosyni
April 25, 2022 at 8:07 AM
- Kalosyni
July 20, 2022 at 3:06 AM
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The Life Enhancing Benefits of Epicurean Philosophy 4
- Kalosyni
April 23, 2022 at 6:56 PM
- Kalosyni
April 30, 2022 at 7:58 PM
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Atlantic article about enjoyment vs. pleasure 47
- Kalosyni
April 7, 2022 at 10:21 AM
- Kalosyni
May 5, 2022 at 2:53 PM
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Argumentation Theory of Stephen E. Toulmin 5
- Kalosyni
February 2, 2022 at 2:03 PM
- Kalosyni
February 3, 2022 at 11:40 AM
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Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Made More Accessible? 71
- Kalosyni
December 30, 2021 at 12:50 PM
- Kalosyni
March 27, 2023 at 10:25 PM
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Creating and Nurturing the Epicurean Philosophy Community 5
- Kalosyni
December 9, 2021 at 3:33 PM
- Kalosyni
December 17, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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Diogenes Laertius on Epicurean Ethics 3
- Kalosyni
December 1, 2021 at 1:36 PM
- Kalosyni
December 2, 2021 at 1:58 AM
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Cicero and the Epicureans: an online thesis 2
- Kalosyni
November 24, 2021 at 5:14 PM
- Kalosyni
November 24, 2021 at 6:06 PM
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Multiple Components Comprise the Epicurean Life 30
- Kalosyni
October 21, 2021 at 7:59 PM
- Kalosyni
October 23, 2021 at 1:53 PM
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The Passing of Prof. Daniel Dennett 1
- Joshua
April 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM
- Joshua
April 19, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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Death of Titus Pomponius Atticus, 32 BC (Sun, Mar 31st 2024) 2
- Joshua
March 3, 2024 at 11:16 AM
- Joshua
March 3, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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In Memoriam T. Lucretii Cari 6
- Joshua
October 15, 2023 at 2:35 PM
- Joshua
October 31, 2023 at 9:03 AM
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Moderation Notice 1
- Joshua
October 5, 2023 at 12:18 AM
- Joshua
October 5, 2023 at 5:15 AM
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The Temple of Venus Genetrix 5
- Joshua
August 28, 2023 at 9:58 PM
- Joshua
August 29, 2023 at 10:06 AM
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A Sense of Guilt Among the Early Greeks? (C. S. Lewis)
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 AM
- Joshua
August 27, 2023 at 12:29 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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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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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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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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Dr. Frans de Waal, Primatologist 16
- Joshua
March 1, 2023 at 9:16 PM
- Joshua
March 4, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Anniversary of the Execution of Giordano Bruno in the Campo de Fiori in Rome (Fri, Feb 17th 2023, 8:00 am-8:00 pm) 1
- Joshua
February 6, 2023 at 12:58 PM
- Joshua
February 6, 2023 at 2:17 PM
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Sculptures Damaged at the Vatican 15
- Joshua
October 7, 2022 at 11:08 PM
- Joshua
October 10, 2022 at 2:39 PM
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Denis Lambin 2
- Joshua
September 29, 2022 at 10:41 PM
- Joshua
September 30, 2022 at 6:16 AM
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