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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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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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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
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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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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
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February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
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February 3, 2022 at 10:32 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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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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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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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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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
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December 2, 2023 at 3:27 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
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December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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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
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January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 4
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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March 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Compatibility of Epicureanism and Existential Therapy 12
- Kalosyni
August 30, 2022 at 8:57 AM
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July 29, 2023 at 9:50 AM
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Thanks to Nate For The Recent Meme Additions 7
- Cassius
April 25, 2021 at 7:07 AM
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April 26, 2021 at 5:09 PM
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Bookcase project 17
- Martin
October 24, 2022 at 4:46 AM
- Martin
October 25, 2022 at 11:51 AM
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Happy Twentieth of March 2020! 3
- Cassius
March 20, 2020 at 7:20 AM
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March 20, 2020 at 10:24 AM
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Is Romantic Love a Vainglory 6
- Bartleby
November 29, 2020 at 12:01 PM
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November 29, 2020 at 8:15 PM
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Guyau - Interesting Summary Essay - The Morality of Epicurus And Its Relationship To Contemporary Doctrines 5
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 1:21 PM
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May 2, 2019 at 4:18 PM
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Walking in the Garden 6
- Matt
September 2, 2020 at 10:57 AM
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September 6, 2020 at 9:10 PM
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Mises UK piece "Epicurus, Father of the Enlightenment 2
- Hiram
September 18, 2018 at 10:43 AM
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September 18, 2018 at 1:23 PM
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Access to conversation denied 5
- Godfrey
September 8, 2019 at 5:54 PM
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September 9, 2019 at 1:17 PM
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A foodie ponders Epicurus the epicurean 6
- Godfrey
February 9, 2020 at 3:38 PM
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February 10, 2020 at 12:34 AM
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Embodied Philosophy 4
- Hiram
May 15, 2019 at 4:41 PM
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May 16, 2019 at 6:30 AM
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Will Epicurus and Pirrone save Europe? 4
- michelepinto
April 9, 2019 at 3:48 AM
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April 9, 2019 at 5:45 AM
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Discussion of Article: "Caricatures to the Left of Them, Caricatures to the Right of Them, Caricatures In Front of Them, Volleyed and Thundered" 3
- Cassius
May 4, 2020 at 9:34 AM
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May 4, 2020 at 3:36 PM
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Twitter Users? 6
- A_Gardner
February 25, 2021 at 12:35 PM
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February 26, 2021 at 1:56 PM
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Finding Cultural / Artistic / Musical Variations on Four Key Epicurean Themes 7
- Cassius
October 20, 2021 at 8:55 AM
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October 20, 2021 at 7:17 PM
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Epitomizing Philosophy and the Critique of Epicurean Popularizers 5
- Hiram
August 23, 2019 at 12:29 PM
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August 24, 2019 at 11:59 PM
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Quiz Feature - Ongoing DIscussion 6
- Cassius
April 5, 2020 at 6:24 AM
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April 5, 2020 at 5:09 PM
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John Stuart Mill on Epicurus 9
- Cassius
September 8, 2022 at 7:14 AM
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September 12, 2022 at 6:28 PM
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Pleasure as a Synergy: A Critical Discussion of Ataraxia in Epicurean Ethics 4
- Hiram
September 10, 2019 at 10:53 AM
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September 11, 2019 at 11:13 AM
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Epicurus' Dying Wishes - James Warren 5
- Hiram
August 9, 2019 at 9:25 AM
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August 11, 2019 at 12:25 PM
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Why was Epicurus condemned to the sixth circle of hell in Dante's Divine Comedy? 3
- Hiram
January 7, 2019 at 10:55 AM
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January 7, 2019 at 11:51 AM
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Facebook Becomes Ever-More Oppressive 3
- Cassius
May 24, 2019 at 5:28 AM
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May 28, 2019 at 5:44 PM
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What does a government based on Epicureanism look like? 2
- Hiram
January 9, 2019 at 9:35 AM
- Hiram
February 24, 2019 at 4:36 PM
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Major Controversies In Understanding Epicurean Philosophy
- Cassius
December 11, 2018 at 2:25 AM
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December 11, 2018 at 2:25 AM
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"Natural and Necessary" As A Sliding Scale 3
- Cassius
March 29, 2019 at 7:14 AM
- Cassius
March 29, 2019 at 3:04 PM
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Epicurean Blog 3
- Eoghan Gardiner
May 7, 2018 at 2:21 PM
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May 7, 2018 at 4:50 PM
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The attitude to have when working at your Job 11
- Eoghan Gardiner
May 6, 2022 at 5:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
May 11, 2022 at 6:06 PM
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Philosofy in Italy 4
- michelepinto
May 1, 2019 at 4:38 PM
- michelepinto
May 2, 2019 at 6:59 AM
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Epicureanusm and Romantic Love 11
- Philliped1
June 27, 2022 at 6:52 PM
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July 18, 2022 at 4:42 PM
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Growth Through Sharing Graphics / Memes 4
- Cassius
February 6, 2019 at 8:45 AM
- Cassius
February 7, 2019 at 11:18 AM
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