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    1. Munro Translation of Lucretius 16

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      • General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
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    1. Goethe and Epicurus / Lucretius

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    1. Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5

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      • September 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM
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    1. Thoughts on "Rules of Construction" To Apply In Textual Controversies 1

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      • Translators, Translations, Learning Latin & Ancient Greek
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    1. Welcome AGB! 12

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    1. Best Recent Version of Diogenes Laertius? 32

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      • Diogenes Laertius (General)
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    1. Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6

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    1. Epicurean Symbolism in Herculaneum Art - Something To Track Down 24

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      • Epicurean Philosophy According to Philodemus (General Discussion)
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    1. Who Was Bernard Mandeville and Was He Truly An Epicurean? 13

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      • Search and Identification of Past Epicureans, Real or Fictional
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    1. Welcome Hastingst794!

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    1. EpicureanFriends Participants Reading List Report 2

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    1. Welcome Lucy831!

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    1. Article: Ryan - "Nietzsche's Epicurean Irritability"

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    1. If We Could Commission Davide Baldoni To Do More Scenes From Lucretius, What Would You Suggest They Be?

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    1. Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6

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      • August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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    1. Declaration Of Rights Of Epicureans To Freedom of Religion - Cassius' Declaration of August 20, 2021 9

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      • No Supernatural Gods - True Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility
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    1. The "Natural and Necessary List" Question 13

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      • August 20, 2021 at 6:49 AM
      • Choice And Avoidance ("Natural And Necessary"; "Natural and Unnecessary", Etc.)
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    1. "Are Intellectual Pleasures Found in Sense-Perception"

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      • August 14, 2021 at 1:44 PM
      • Canonics - General Discussion
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    1. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

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      • August 14, 2021 at 9:21 AM
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      • August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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    1. Two Musical Treats - Don, and the Epicureans 8

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      • Uncategorized Discussion (General)
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      • August 15, 2021 at 11:52 AM
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    1. Foundations 005 - By His Victory Religion Is Trampled Underfoot 34

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      • August 12, 2021 at 6:56 AM
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    1. Review of the "What is Epicureanism and Is It Compatible with Stoicism?" video by Vox Stoica 12

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      • August 7, 2021 at 10:04 AM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2

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      • August 6, 2021 at 5:19 PM
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    1. Welcome Philia! 22

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    1. Foundations 004 - "And From There He Returned To Us, A Conqueror." 1

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    1. Popularizing The Lucretius Today Podcast 10

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    1. The Newest Regularly-Occurring Epicurean Seminar / Convention - Senegalia, Italy

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      • August 2, 2021 at 4:03 PM
      • Senegalia Epicurean Festival in Italy
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    1. The Oldest Regularly-Occurring Epicurean Seminar / Convention - Athens, Greece 7

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      • August 2, 2021 at 4:03 PM
      • Friends of Epicurean Philosophy Garden of Athens
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      • August 23, 2021 at 6:25 PM
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    1. Foundations 003 - "Thus The Living Force of His Soul Won The Day." 3

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