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    1. A Landing Similar To That Which Has Probably Been Done Innumerable Times Before

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    1. General Comment On "One Size Doesn't Fit All" In Epicurean Art 4

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    1. A List of Objections To Epicurus From A Modern Christian - Hyde's "From Epicurus To Christ" 3

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    1. Comments on Videos on Epicurus By Professor G. Stadler of ModernStoicism.com

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    1. Cassius' Ebooks 1

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    1. The Best Simple Term To Use For "Anticipations" (?) 3

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    1. Three Documented Examples Where Students of Epicurus Diverged From Their Teacher.

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    1. Welcome Michael!

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    1. After Religion and Death, The Third Greatest Threat To Happiness As The Highest Goal of Life 5

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    1. Francois Bernier - "Great Partisan of Epicurus"

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      • Epicurus - Principal Doctrines
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    1. Nietzsche Channeling Epicurus "Never Losing One's Own Way," and How To Proceed With Philosophical Therapy 3

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    1. How To Turn Epicurean Philosophy On Its Head As Quickly As Possible - A Quick Comment on Mark 12 3

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    1. Nate's "Allegory of the Oasis" Graphic 69

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    1. Why Do We Focus On "Pleasure" as the Goal and the Good, Rather than "Happiness?" 3

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    1. Nature Didn't Give Us A Faculty of "Something Else"

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    1. Ninon de Lenclos - Preliminary Thread

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    1. Opening Post On Distinguishing Epicurean Philosophy from Buddhism 12

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    1. On Use Of The Term Apikoros / Apiqoros / Bikouros Against Epicureans 25

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    1. Every Instance of "Ataraxia," "Eudaemonia," and "Tranquilatas" in a Core Epicurean Text 2

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    1. With Images And The Mind As A Supersensory Mechanism, Was Epicurus Suggesting A Form of "ESP"? 12

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    1. Jefferson Never Said "That Government Governs Best Which Governs Least" 2

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