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ALL CURRENT AND PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT OF FORUM EDITORIAL POLICY:  "Against Katastematic Supremacy - Pleasure Is A Unified Good, Not A House Divided Against Itself."

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      • July 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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    1. Discussion of Article: Living For the Pleasures Of The Moment Isn't Epicurean, It's Lunacy

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      • Choice And Avoidance ("Natural And Necessary"; "Natural and Unnecessary", Etc.)
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    1. New Article By Eikadistes on Twentiers Site -- Fragments from Philodemus "On Gods"

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      • True Divinity Is Incorruptible And Blessed
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    1. Welcome WilliamJ! 4

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    1. Discussion of the thread - Against Katastematic Supremacy - Pleasure Is A Unified Whole And Not A House Divided - Forum Editorial Policy 14

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    1. Marriage, Children, & Personal Relationships - Greater Difficulties and Risk Can Make Them Harder Than Ever. Epicurean Perspectives on Remedies 1

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      • Relationships - Family, Marriage, Children, and Romantic Love
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    1. Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1

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      • July 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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    1. Athenian Epicurean Program on Thomas Jefferson And Epicurus 3

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      • Friends of Epicurean Philosophy Garden of Athens
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    1. World's Worst Epicurus Videos 5

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      • Epicurus on the Internet, Analysis
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    1. Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1

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    1. Welcome DJRAZORBACK! 1

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    1. Welcome Max Duboff 104

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    1. Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3

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    1. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Said To Him That The Value of Being Dead and Being Alive Are Equal? 23

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    1. Updates To Participation Level Designations

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    1. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1

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      • June 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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    1. Epicurus As A Community Organizer/Activist Rather Than Isolated Thinker/Writer

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    1. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1

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      • June 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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    1. Welcome AutoAtaraxic! 6

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    1. Video on Nietzsche's Criticisms of Kant

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      • Epicurus vs. Kant and Modern Idealism
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    1. Epicurus vs Schopenhauer - Orientation Discussion 5

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    1. Welcome AlteFrau! 5

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    1. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1

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    1. Welcome CelestineEyes! 2

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    1. Discussion of Blog Article: "Living For Pleasure, Or Dying For Relief From Pain?" 3

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      • June 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
      • The Term "Pleasure" Means The Same As "Absence of Pain," And Includes All Experience Which Is Not Painful Not Painful
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    1. Suavity - General Discussion 12

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    1. Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6

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    1. Welcome H.NurBeyazErkizan! 9

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    1. Bryan Harris Interlinear Translation Of Lucretius 14

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      • General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
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