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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. Analysis of Epicurean Canonics

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      • April 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
      • Philodemus On Methods of Inference
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    1. Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7

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      • Sunday Weekly Zoom Discussion on De Rerum Natura - 12:30pm EDT
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    1. Welcome Lamar! 5

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      • Welcome to Our New Members!
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    1. Discussion of Blog Article - "Reality Does Not Require Being Eternally The Same" 22

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    1. Use Of The Term "Metaphysics" In Discussing Epicurus 8

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      • Physics - General Discussion
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    1. Connecting Thought With Atoms - Emergence, Downward Causation (From The Macroscopic To The Atomic), and Epicurus 1

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      • Atoms - Their Properties and Limits
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    1. Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5

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    1. Updated FAQ Entry: Why Should I Care About Epicurean Physics When So Much Science Has Changed In The Last 2000 Years?

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    1. "And With These We Especially Do Battle, And Rebuke Them, As Well As Hating Them For A Disposition Which Follows Their Disordered Congenital Nature...." 2

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      • There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity
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    1. Sunday March 29, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - This Week: A Quick Look At Sedley's "Epicurean Anti-Reductionism" 2

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    1. Is Motion One Of The Three Eternal Properties of Atoms? I.E. Are The Three Properties Shape, Size, and MOTION? 28

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    1. Article - David Sedley - 1988 - "Epicurean Anti-Reductionism" 10

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      • Rejection Of Atomic Reductionism
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    1. The Size Of Atoms (And Their Differences)

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    1. The Weight Of Atoms (Are All The Same Weight?)

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    1. Explaining The Relationship Between Properties / Qualities of Atoms and Emergent Qualities of Things Formed From Atoms 3

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      • Bodies And Their Separable and Inseparable Properties And Qualities
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    1. Welcome J.Tycherne! 4

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    1. Revisiting Issues of The Use of AI in Epicurean Philosophy 40

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      • March 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
      • Artificial Intelligence and Epicurean Philosophy
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    1. Article: Not A Bunker But A Camp: A Response To “The Garden or the Forum”

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      • To Live Unknown or To Engage With Society
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    1. Welcome M Dango 6

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    1. Nietzsche As Potentially The Most Well-Known Modern Philosopher With Core Views Parallel With Epicurus

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      • Frederic Nietzsche
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    1. Sunday March 22, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 265 2

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    1. Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2

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    1. Good and Bad Desire and Doubt In Epicurean Philosophy 2

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    1. Epicurus vs Kant and Modern Idealism - Introduction 15

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      • Epicurus vs. Kant and Modern Idealism
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    1. Seikilos Poem - Discussion 7

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    1. Nietzsche's "Reason In Philosophy" - Consistent With Epicurus' Defense of the Senses And Criticism Of Otherworldliness?

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      • Frederic Nietzsche
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    1. Nietzsche's "The Problem Of Socrates" (Consistent With The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates?)

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      • Epicurus vs. Socrates, Plato, and the Academics
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    1. Episode 325 - EATAQ 07 - The False Platonic Division of The Universe Into A Force Which Causes And That Which The Force Acts Upon 3

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