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    1. Question Re Thermodynamics And Deductive Reasoning v. Empiricism 12

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    1. Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26

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    1. On "Happiness" As An Abstraction / "Pleasure" As a Feeling 26

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    1. What Would You Take To Cease To Be An Epicurean? 1

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    1. Featured Online Book Discussion - DeWitt's "Epicurus and His Philosophy" Chapter 13 - The True Piety - Skype (Sun, Oct 6th 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm) 2

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      • Epicurus and His Philosophy - Chapter Specific Threads
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    1. Six Key Assertions of Epicurean Thought

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    1. What? A Two Thousand Year Warning From Epicurus Isn't Long Enough For You To Be Prepared? 8

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      • The Universe Is Eternal In Space
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    1. Another Article Insisting On The Importance of the Kinetic / Katestematic Distinction, Despite Citing Nikolsky 16

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      • Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
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    1. Discussion of Article: "Political Division In The Promotion of Epicurean Philosophy: A Prescription For Disaster" 6

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    1. Discussion of the Article "On Pleasure vs Tranquility - A Dialogue With Southampton"

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    1. "Each creature knows its own kind, no less than men, and so unite together."

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    1. A Useful Analogy: The Preflight Checklist 18

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    1. You may think that I am crazy to consider Epicurus to be a god...

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    1. VS14 - "Occupied" vs. "Without Allowing Himself Leisure." 5

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      • Epicurus - The "Vatican List" of Sayings
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    1. Old Tullius Accuses Epicurus of Shirking 2

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    1. On Freedom And Happines -- A Post By Elayne

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    1. High Water Mark of The Epicurean Movement In The Ancient World : October 3, 42 BC 5

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    1. Peace and Safety For Those in The Path of Hurricane Dorian! 4

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    1. Article: "Coming to Know Epicurus' Truth: Distributed Cognition in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in D. O'Rourke (ed.), Approaches to Lucretius: Traditions and Innovations in Reading De Rerum Natura,

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