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    1. VS37 - Thread Starter For Vatican Saying 37

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      • Epicurus - The "Vatican List" of Sayings
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    1. Cicero's Summary of the Four Main Arguments Against the Possibility of Knowledge

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    1. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

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    1. Epicurus' Prolepsis vs Heraclitus' Flux 43

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    1. PD14 - Analysis And Application - Article By George Kaplanis Posted In Elli's Blog

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    1. Subforums Devoted To Individual Principal Doctrines and Vatican Have Been Consolidated 7

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    1. Special Emphasis On "Emotions" In Lucretius Today Podcast / Tusculan Disputations - Should Everyone Aspire To Emulate Mr. Spock?

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      • Dealing with Emotions of Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Sadness
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    1. Welcome Samsara73 5

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    1. "Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire" - Edward Gibbon (1776) 1

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      • Historical Events Relevant to Epicurean Philosophy
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    1. "Criminal History of Christianity" - By Karlheinz Deschner (1986-2013) 1

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    1. Welcome Adrastus! 5

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    1. Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11

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    1. Venus and Mars - "Good" vs. "Evil"? 9

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      • "Good" and "Evil" Consist Only in Sensation
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    1. Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3

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    1. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

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      • Epicurus vs Abraham (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
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    1. Reconciling Cosma Raimondi and Diogenes Laertius On the Bull of Phalaris Question 3

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    1. Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2

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    1. Adage: In A Crisis, We Don't Rise To The Occasion As Much As We Fall To Our Level of Practice

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      • Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times
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    1. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

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    1. EpicureanFriends WIKI 2025 - Upgrades, Revisions, Planning

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    1. Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2

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    1. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

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    1. Welcome DerekC! 5

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    1. Emily Austin's "LIving For Pleasure" Wins Award. (H/T to Lowri for finding this!)

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      • Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life - Emily Austin
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    1. Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3

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