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    1. Managing Expectations In The Study of Epicurus 28

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    1. The Problem of Leaving "Ataraxia" Untranslated 1

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    1. An Exchange with Haris Dimitriadis on Pleasure vs Ataraxia 3

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    1. Discussion of Article: "Caricatures to the Left of Them, Caricatures to the Right of Them, Caricatures In Front of Them, Volleyed and Thundered" 3

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    1. Epicurean Ethics And the Coronavirus Episode - A Starting Point 3

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    1. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

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    1. Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1

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    1. The Doctrine of Necessity In "A Few Days In Athens"

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    1. Article by Norman DeWitt: Epicurus, ΠϵρὶΦαντασίας (Present Impressions of the Mind) 2

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    1. On Syllogisms And the Differences Between Aristotle/Plato and Epicurus 1

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    1. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

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    1. Would An Epicurean Hook Himself Up To An "Experience Machine" or a "Pleasure Machine" If Possible? 27

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