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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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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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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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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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"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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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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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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Maza Experiment - Successes? and Failures! 7
- Don
September 12, 2022 at 5:06 PM
- Don
September 18, 2022 at 9:26 AM
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John Stuart Mill on Epicurus 9
- Cassius
September 8, 2022 at 7:14 AM
- Cassius
September 12, 2022 at 6:28 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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Epicurean nautical references, allusions, and metaphors in the texts 17
- Don
August 25, 2022 at 5:43 PM
- Don
August 28, 2022 at 8:15 AM
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[Toby Sherman's Ancient Guide To Modern Well-being] That article I mentioned at the on line Wednesday 8/17 meeting 34
- kochiekoch
August 18, 2022 at 6:17 AM
- kochiekoch
August 23, 2022 at 3:29 PM
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Epicurus and the Pleasure of the Stomach 4
- Kalosyni
August 16, 2022 at 8:16 AM
- Kalosyni
August 16, 2022 at 3:02 PM
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For Gods There Are 6
- Kalosyni
August 14, 2022 at 9:00 PM
- Kalosyni
August 26, 2022 at 6:24 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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Thoughts on Prudence and the Virtues in the Letter to Menoeceus 8
- Root304
August 1, 2022 at 2:06 AM
- Root304
August 2, 2022 at 8:20 PM
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A line of questioning on Epicurean Theology 6
- Root304
August 1, 2022 at 12:18 AM
- Root304
August 21, 2022 at 1:04 AM
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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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Confusing quote? 2
- Mathitis Kipouros
July 3, 2022 at 7:20 PM
- Mathitis Kipouros
July 3, 2022 at 7:50 PM
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Phantasmatic Shakespeare, by Suparna Roychoudhury
- Joshua
June 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM
- Joshua
June 30, 2022 at 4:50 PM
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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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Epicureanusm and Romantic Love 11
- Philliped1
June 27, 2022 at 6:52 PM
- Philliped1
July 18, 2022 at 4:42 PM
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Senigallia Epicurean Festival Coming Up July 21-23 7
- Cassius
June 26, 2022 at 9:04 AM
- Cassius
July 27, 2022 at 10:01 AM
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The Importance of the Sense of Smell 1
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 19, 2022 at 12:25 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 19, 2022 at 8:22 AM
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Addressing Cicero's Argument That Epicurean Philosophy Cannot Be Spoken In The Senate
- Cassius
June 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM
- Cassius
June 13, 2022 at 1:48 PM
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Artificial Intelligence, Sentience, Sapience 9
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 13, 2022 at 8:50 AM
- Mathitis Kipouros
June 30, 2022 at 1:14 AM
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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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A painting from Daniel Op De Beeck 2
- Marco
June 11, 2022 at 1:07 AM
- Marco
June 11, 2022 at 12:42 PM
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"most useless observation ever made by an ancient Greek philosopher" 6
- Don
June 10, 2022 at 7:17 AM
- Don
June 11, 2022 at 7:23 AM
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Epicurean Communities of the Ancient World 3
- Twentier
June 6, 2022 at 4:34 PM
- Twentier
June 8, 2022 at 12:25 PM
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Any Application of Epicurean Theology to the Christan God(s) 46
- Root304
May 28, 2022 at 11:51 AM
- Root304
June 23, 2022 at 2:37 PM
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Is there a notion of cultivating "sensitivity" in Epicureanism? 4
- Root304
May 27, 2022 at 8:34 PM
- Root304
May 27, 2022 at 10:55 PM
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Nate's Latest Graphic - "Epicurus Cannot Be Wrestled"
- Cassius
May 20, 2022 at 10:39 AM
- Cassius
May 20, 2022 at 10:39 AM
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Can you seek happiness and be full of joy when there is a war in Europe? Wes Cecil podcast. 42
- Marco
May 15, 2022 at 4:06 AM
- Marco
May 20, 2022 at 12:54 PM
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"Take your pleasure seriously" 5
- Don
May 14, 2022 at 8:49 AM
- Don
May 14, 2022 at 10:04 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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Egypt archaeologists unearth stunning 'Temple of Zeus' dedicated to Greek god 1
- Cassius
May 1, 2022 at 7:11 PM
- Cassius
May 1, 2022 at 7:20 PM
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