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    1. Porphyry - Letter to Marcella -"Vain Is the Word of the Philosopher..." 17

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    1. Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 8

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    1. Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6

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    1. Nate's Latest Graphical Calendar of Epicurus' Birthday

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    1. Elli Quote From Pericles: "And the pleasure which we daily feel in all these things helps us to banish any sorrow."

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    1. Episode 175 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04 3

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    1. New Review of Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" - This Time By An Objectivist 10

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    1. The Importance Of The Perfect Not Being Allowed To Be The Enemy of The Good 29

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    1. Cyreniacism Gone Wrong - "Hegesias the Death Persuader" 13

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    1. Jupyter Notebook (Used in Lucretius Comparison_ 4

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    1. Eudoxus - Precursor to Epicurus and More Like Him Than Aristippus? 4

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