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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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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
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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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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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Onenski's Recent Philosophy Presentation 1
- Cassius
March 23, 2023 at 9:09 AM
- Cassius
March 23, 2023 at 7:43 PM
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Famous Historical Quotes *About* Epicurus 1
- Cassius
March 18, 2023 at 8:10 PM
- Cassius
March 19, 2023 at 8:29 AM
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Major (In the Sense of Major Publication) Review of Emily Austin's "Living for Pleasure" 26
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:45 AM
- Cassius
March 12, 2023 at 4:24 PM
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Epicurean Verse For When You're Feeling... 18
- Twentier
March 6, 2023 at 9:18 AM
- Twentier
March 9, 2023 at 1:48 PM
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Christos Yapijakis and The Garden Of Athens Release "Epicurean Philosophy: An Introduction from The Garden of Athens" 5
- Cassius
January 6, 2023 at 2:01 PM
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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LaMettrie, Anticipations, and Epicurean Thought
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 9:42 AM
- Cassius
March 8, 2023 at 9:42 AM
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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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Participation Level February 2023
- Cassius
February 21, 2023 at 10:52 AM
- Cassius
February 21, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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The "Epicurus Was X That You Are Familiar With *BUT*...." Thread 2
- Cassius
February 17, 2023 at 8:42 AM
- Cassius
February 17, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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"AI" Images 3
- Twentier
February 16, 2023 at 9:26 AM
- Twentier
February 17, 2023 at 11:12 AM
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Site Usage Feedback - February 2023 3
- Cassius
February 16, 2023 at 5:00 PM
- Cassius
February 16, 2023 at 5:44 PM
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As To The Three Legs Of The Canon (Sensations, Feelings, Anticipations) Is it Possible to Experience (Receive Data?) From One Without The Others? 39
- Cassius
February 5, 2023 at 4:23 PM
- Cassius
February 15, 2023 at 2:04 PM
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What Are The Possible Reasons (And Of These, The Most Likely) Why The List of 40 Principal Doctrines Does Not Feature A Statement Explicitly Stating Pleasure To Be The Goal of Life? 39
- Cassius
February 13, 2023 at 6:19 AM
- Cassius
February 14, 2023 at 3:15 PM
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Five Doses That Trump Four Every Time - The "Five-Part Cure" 23
- Cassius
February 9, 2023 at 9:04 AM
- Cassius
February 10, 2023 at 10:03 AM
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The Epicurean Alternative to "Cogito Ergo Sum" Would Be? 11
- Cassius
February 2, 2023 at 10:36 AM
- Cassius
February 6, 2023 at 6:28 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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We Need A Game Show With A Lightning Round Question: "Happiness or Pleasure? - Why?" 28
- Cassius
February 2, 2023 at 8:16 PM
- Cassius
February 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
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Emily Austin Interview With LucretiusToday Now Available on Youtube
- Cassius
February 4, 2023 at 4:33 PM
- Cassius
February 4, 2023 at 4:33 PM
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A Facebook Question On Continental Philosophy and Nate's Response 3
- Cassius
January 22, 2023 at 8:53 AM
- Cassius
January 29, 2023 at 9:06 AM
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Fortune cookie 1
- Don
January 27, 2023 at 11:49 PM
- Don
January 28, 2023 at 2:21 PM
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Forum Organization Comment
- Cassius
January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
- Cassius
January 27, 2023 at 4:52 PM
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Friendship Commentary By Elli (At Facebook 02/25/23)
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
- Cassius
January 26, 2023 at 7:58 PM
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Illustrating Epicurean Ethics 17
- Kalosyni
January 12, 2023 at 3:19 PM
- Kalosyni
January 24, 2023 at 1:56 PM
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Great Post From Holly At Facebook Crediting Motivation From "Living For Pleasure"
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
- Cassius
January 20, 2023 at 11:54 AM
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Happy 20th - January 20th Celebrating the Annual Feast Day 2
- Kalosyni
January 20, 2023 at 8:11 AM
- Kalosyni
January 20, 2023 at 9:04 AM
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Forum Reorganization Update - Epicurean Self-Improvement 1
- Cassius
January 16, 2023 at 2:35 PM
- Cassius
January 17, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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Another New Book On Epicurus Coming - Dr Ben Gazur - "Epicurus And His Influence On History" 4
- Cassius
January 13, 2023 at 7:53 PM
- Cassius
January 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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Metaphorically Picturing Epicurean Philosophy 31
- Cassius
January 10, 2023 at 8:32 AM
- Cassius
January 12, 2023 at 1:27 PM
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Second Edition of Haris Dimitriadis' "Epicurus And the Pleasant Life" Now Released 10
- Cassius
December 15, 2022 at 9:13 AM
- Cassius
January 12, 2023 at 8:22 AM
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