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    1. An Unfortunate Article Suggesting That Katastematic Pleasure is "Necessary" and Kinetic Pleasure is "Unnecessary" 5

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      • The Term "Pleasure" Means The Same As "Absence of Pain," And Includes All Experience Which Is Not Painful Not Painful
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    1. Episode Sixty-Seven - Did The Gods Wake Up One Day To Create The Universe? 23

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    1. Article from January 2021 on the Papyri Research Status

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    1. Technology Initiatives And Helping Each Other With Epicurean Philosophy On The Web 5

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    1. Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7

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    1. Thomas Jefferson's "Head and Heart" Letter 1

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    1. Thomas Jefferson's "Head And Heart" Letter

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      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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    1. Welcome Adamsandvoid! 12

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    1. "Epicurean Dreams" - Article By Voula Tsouna

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      • All Sensations Are True - The Nature of Truth
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    1. Episode Sixty-Five - Introducing A New Panelist (Don) and Recapping the Opening of Book Five 14

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    1. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1

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    1. Book of Engravings Of Articles Found In Herculaneum 3

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    1. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

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    1. CHARALAMPOS PATZOGLOU - "Epicurean Philosophy In Modern Times"

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    1. Pagagiotopoulous - Thomas Jefferson “I too am an Epicurean”: His life and his inspiration from the Ancient Greeks 4

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    1. Episode Sixty-Two - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2) 11

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    1. Sedley - Epicurus and His Professional Rivals 2

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    1. Epicurean Epilogismos - Phillip de Lacy

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    1. Article that Contains Good Research But Questionable Conclusions About Fear of Premature Death (Kirk Sanders Article)

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    1. Recommendations for Happy Living 26

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    1. Episode Sixty-One - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 5

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    1. Epicurean Philosophy vs. Objectivism (Ayn Rand)

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    1. Cross-Reference: Discussion of Images Impacting the Mind in Lucretius Today Podcast 60

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    1. Aurelian Robert and His Book "Epicurus in The Underworld" 1

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    1. Four Hyper-Relevant Assertions of Epicurus (Citations From The Epicurean Texts)

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