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New Graphics: Are You On Team Epicurus? | Comparison Chart: Epicurus vs. Other Philosophies 

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    1. Episode 322 - EATAQ 04 - Epicurean Moral Outrage Against Socrates 3

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    1. An Analogy That Should Live Forever In Infamy Along With His Ridiculous "Cave" Analogy - Socrates' "Second Sailing" 4

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    1. New Graphic: Epicurus vs. Other Major Philosophies

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    1. New Decision Tree: Are You On Team Epicurus?

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    1. Sunday February 14, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 159 7

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    1. 16th Panhellenic Epicurus Seminar In Athens Greece - February 14, 2026 10

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    1. Media Versions of Diogenes Laertius Life of Epicurus 1

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    1. Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11

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    1. Sunday February 8, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 146

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    1. Episode 320 - EATAQ 02 - Are the Good of A Sheep And The Good of A Man The Same? 2

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    1. Epicurean Criticism of Socrates (Including Article By Mark Riley)

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    1. Sunday February 1, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Book One Lines 136-146 1

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      • January 31, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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    1. Current Series - Summarizing Epicurean Answers to Academic Questions 17

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    1. Would It Be Fair To Say That Epicurus Taught "Lower Your Expectations And You'll Never Be Disappointed"? 10

      • Cassius
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      • Ethics - General Discussion
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    1. Episode 319 - EATAQ 01 - Epicurean Answers To Academic Questions - Is the Key To Happiness Found In Supernatural Causes and Geometry? 8

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    1. Episode 318 - TD44 - In the End It Is Pleasure - Not Virtue - That Gives Meaning To A Happy Life 2

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      • January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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    1. Should References to "Natural" Be Understood As Contrasting "Given By Nature" to "Given By Convention"? 3

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      • Choice And Avoidance ("Natural And Necessary"; "Natural and Unnecessary", Etc.)
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    1. Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics - Article By David Sedley 11

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    1. "The Summum Bonum Fallacy" - General Discussion of DeWitt's Article 2

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    1. What Is The Relationship Between "Hedonic Calculus" Analysis" and "Natural and Necessary Desire" Analysis? 21

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    1. Video on "Confidence" 2

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    1. A Special Birthday Greeting To James! 1

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    1. When Epicurus says that death is the end of sensation, does "end of sensation" in and of itself mean that consciousness ends at death? 8

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      • Death Is Nothing To Us - No Immortal Soul
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    1. Episode 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6

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    1. Sunday january 18 Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Book One Line 136 1

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