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    1. Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6

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    1. For Regular Users, Dark Style "ColorPlay" and Light Style "Nexus" Return To Availability Today 1

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    1. Simple Video On Epicurus and His Atomism

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    1. Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6

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    1. Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13

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    1. VS75 - "Look To The End of A Long Life" 2

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    1. Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7

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    1. A Food Analogy That May Be Useful In Thinking About Stimulative vs Non-Stimulative Pleasures 7

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      • Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
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    1. Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11

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    1. Nate's "First Generation Epicureans" Research

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    1. Given The Stress That Many Greek Philosophers' Placed On "Virtue" or a perfect view of "The Good" As The Ultimate Goal, To What Extent Would An Epicurus Have Considered That Approach An "Unnatural and Unnecessary Desire?" 4

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    1. If We Agree For The Sake of Argument That "The Perfect Should Not Be The Enemy of The Good," then let's ask "What *Should* We Consider To Be The Proper Relationship Between The Perfect And The Good?" 8

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    1. Episode 216 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure? 34

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    1. 2024 Senigallia Festival 7

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