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    1. Skype - Part 3 of DeWitt's "Epicurus and His Philosophy" Chapter 14- The New Virtues (Sun, Nov 10th 2019, 10:00 am - 11:00 am)

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    1. PD05 - The Meaning of The Second of the Three Virtue Adverbs In PD5 - "Honorably?" 6

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    1. Poll: Marriage / Children Status? 5

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    1. VS23 - Epicurus Reader Version 7

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    1. Epicurus' Birthday 2021 (Wed, Jan 20th 2021 - Thu, Jan 21st 2021)

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    1. Epicurus' Birthday 2020 (Thu, Jan 2nd 2020 - Fri, Jan 3rd 2020)

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    1. Epicurus' Birthday Calculations 12

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    1. Exchange With A Stoic (Donald Robertson) on "Engagement" and Pleasure vs. Virtue 4

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      • To Live Unknown or To Engage With Society
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    1. Partial List of References to Epicurus in Cicero

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      • On Ends
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    1. Cicero Says Epicurean Souls, After Death, Will Flutter Around the Globe For A Long Period Until They Are "Purified" 3

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    1. The Wise Man Will Marry and Have Children ... According To The Circumstances of His Life 7

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    1. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 21

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      • Pain Is Manageable - It Is Short If Intense, Endurable If Long, And Terminable By Death
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    1. Names Applied to the Epicureans by Themselves Or Others 4

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    1. Note on the Name "Philebus" As Used in Plato's "Philebus" 1

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      • Major Arguments Against Epicurean Philosophy And Responses To Them
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    1. Article Attacking "Post Empirical Science"

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    1. Reopening of "House of the Bicentenary" 1

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    1. Guide of Life, Divine Pleasure - Doc Version 3

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    1. Intelligent Life on Earth Before Humans? 2

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    1. Lucretius On The Development of Language 22

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    1. Profile of Past Reading 16

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    1. Pleasure vs Happiness (?) Discussion of Hiram's "In Defense of Eudaimonia" 36

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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. American Friends of Herculaneum

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    1. Happy Twentieth of October, 2019: What Would A Local Epicurean Organization Look Like? 9

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    1. I Am Firmly Convinced That The Future of Epicurean Philosophy Won't Be Found In The Ivory Tower 14

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    1. How are Epicurean things in Italy, Michele? 8

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    1. Welcome lcristia1!

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