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    1. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

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      • March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
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    1. Philodemus Article Referencing Importance of Fidelity to Original Teachings of Epicurus

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      • March 20, 2020 at 9:58 AM
      • Philodemus of Gadara
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    1. Happy Twentieth of March 2020! 3

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      • Twentieth, Holidays, & Birthday Greetings
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      • March 20, 2020 at 10:24 AM
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      March 20, 2020 at 10:24 AM
    1. Dicussion of Elli's Article: On The Ill Health of Epicurus vs. The Insanity Of The Modern World 3

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      • March 19, 2020 at 3:27 PM
      • Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times
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      • March 24, 2020 at 2:34 PM
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    1. Welcome Dernga! 6

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      • March 19, 2020 at 1:36 PM
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    1. On Covid19 And Ruthlessly Taking The Measure Of Our Values (New York Times Article by Stephen Greenblatt) 8

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      • March 17, 2020 at 8:17 AM
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    1. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

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      • March 17, 2020 at 6:42 AM
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      • March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
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    1. Basic Citations On The Void And Its Significance 2

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      • March 15, 2020 at 8:46 AM
      • All Bodies Are Made Of Atoms and Void
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      • December 9, 2023 at 4:32 PM
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    1. Article - "Was Atticus An Epicurean?" [Gilbert]

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      • March 11, 2020 at 8:00 AM
      • Atticus (Titus Pomponius)
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    1. What A Mess This K / K Issue Is - Here is Someone Saying These are "The Most Dominant Terms In Epicurus' Theory of Pleasures" 7

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      • March 11, 2020 at 7:49 AM
      • Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
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      • March 16, 2020 at 2:59 PM
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    1. Welcome Profkesarsarwara!

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    1. Welcome Nico Lab! 7

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      • March 10, 2020 at 2:26 PM
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      March 15, 2020 at 7:36 PM
    1. Epicurean Attitudes Toward Emotion 19

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      • March 10, 2020 at 7:28 AM
      • Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
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    1. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

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      • July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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    1. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

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      • March 6, 2020 at 3:48 AM
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      • October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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    1. Alan Watts 6

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      • March 1, 2020 at 8:49 AM
      • Other Non-Epicureans
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    1. Welcome Namcisumeht! 9

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      • February 29, 2020 at 10:35 PM
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      March 3, 2020 at 8:11 AM
    1. Welcome Callisto! 1

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      February 29, 2020 at 5:23 PM
    1. Discussion-Starters With Non-Epicureans: Biblical References to Epicurus / Epicurean Philosophy 5

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      • February 29, 2020 at 7:37 AM
      • Uncategorized Discussion (General)
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      • March 3, 2020 at 1:32 PM
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    1. Reducing "Tranquilism" to its Absurd Conclusion 6

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      • February 29, 2020 at 6:38 AM
      • Absence of Pain - By Pleasure We Mean All Experience That Is Not Painful
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      • March 7, 2020 at 4:21 PM
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    1. Welcome Vahdamteas!

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      • February 29, 2020 at 4:24 AM
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    1. Why It Is Necessary For Us To Associate With "Companions Like Ourselves" - A Physics Observation

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      • Friendship
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    1. How NOT To Escape Plato's Cave 3

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    1. Daily Interactions With The Non-Epicurean World 14

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      • February 26, 2020 at 7:32 AM
      • Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times
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    1. Welcome Eugenios! 8

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    1. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

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    1. Happy Twentieth of February, 2020!

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      • Twentieth, Holidays, & Birthday Greetings
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    1. Report on the 10th Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy, February 8-9, 2020, Cultural Center of Pallini, Athens, Greece (By Christos Yapijakis) 4

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      • Friends of Epicurean Philosophy Garden of Athens
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    1. Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7

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      • July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
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    1. Does Baloo Speak for Epicurus In the Song "Bare Necessities" from "The Jungle Book" Movie? 5

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    1. Recorded Statements of Metrodorus 11

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