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New Graphics: Are You On Team Epicurus? | Comparison Chart: Epicurus vs. Other Philosophies | Chart Of Key Epicurean Quotations | Accelerating Study Of Canonics Through Philodemus' "On Methods Of Inference" | Note to all users: If you have a problem posting in any forum, please message Cassius  

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    1. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

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    1. Welcome Samsara73 5

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    1. "Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire" - Edward Gibbon (1776) 1

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    1. "Criminal History of Christianity" - By Karlheinz Deschner (1986-2013) 1

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    1. Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11

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    1. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

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    1. Reconciling Cosma Raimondi and Diogenes Laertius On the Bull of Phalaris Question 3

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    1. Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2

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    1. Adage: In A Crisis, We Don't Rise To The Occasion As Much As We Fall To Our Level of Practice

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    1. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

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    1. Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2

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    1. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

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    1. Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3

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    1. Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 25

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