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    1. Episode One Hundred Six - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason 22

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    1. Participants' Epicurean Book and Artifact Collections 16

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    1. Diogenes Laertius Biography of Epicurus Loeb Edition

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    1. Cicero's "Republic" Book III, line XXII - "True Law Is Right Reason In Agreement With Nature"

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    1. Episode One Hundred Five - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus 10

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    1. Personal Epicurean Knowledge Base Using Text (Markdown) Files 16

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    1. David Sedley on Plato's Forms / Universals / "One Over Many" Principle

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    1. Sources For Text and Commentary on Philebus - The Jowett Edition 10

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    1. Joshua's "Only The Beginning" Observation 23

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    1. Episode One Hundred Four - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult? 45

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    1. Latest Catherine Wilson Article: "Why Epicureanism, Not Stoicism, Is the Philosophy We Need Now" 9

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      • How to be an Epicurean - Catherine Wilson
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    1. Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9

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    1. "Universals In Ancient Philosophy" - Several Helpful Chapters 7

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    1. Tim O'Keefe's "Epicurean Guide To Christmas" (An Article And Responses) 27

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    1. Kuriai Doxai - A Compilation of Translations by Nathan Bartman

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    1. Collecting Ancient Instances of the Argument: "Pleasure Cannot Be The Highest Good Because It Has No Limit" 19

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    1. Script of "A Few Days In Athens" Suitable For Performance 5

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    1. Episode One Hundred Two - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Two 30

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