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    1. Martin Gives Us A Great Example of Epicurean "Avoidance of Pain" 4

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    1. Please Post Threads About The Swerve's Relationship to Free Will At the Location Linked Below....

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      • There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity
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    1. On Free Will And Its Mockers 3

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    1. Question On Forum Operation 12

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    1. Evaluating "In Defense of Being Average" 11

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    1. On Living Unknown While Locating Your School In A High Traffic Area

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    1. The Oplontis Project 2

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    1. How Do The Concepts of "Agreement" and "Harm" Work In Epicurean Justice? 1

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    1. On Nature And Perfect Forms

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    1. The Advice of Marcus The Golden 12

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    1. On Sharpening Distinctions Between Epicurean and Other Philosophies, Religions, and Movements

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    1. VS27 - Does all fruit come "painfully"? 1

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      • Epicurus - The "Vatican List" of Sayings
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    1. Epicurean Or Not? "Fiat Justitia ruat caelo" (Let Justice be done though the sky falls) 6

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    1. A Pattern I Observe In The Connection (Or Lack Thereof) Between Humanism And Epicurean Philosophy 5

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    1. Welcome Raytie!

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    1. Can You Name A Character in Movies Or Literature Who Well Depicts Epicurean Ethics? 1

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    1. Epicurean Philosophy Vs. Humanism 43

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    1. Research Question: DeLattre's "Les Epicuriens" And the State of Publication of Herculaneum Texts

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    1. Applying PD 31-38 to "Virtue" (Of Which "Justice" Is Simply a Subset) 2

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    1. A Translation Point - Bailey's "Independence of Desire"

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    1. New Forum For Discussion of Movies / Books / Arts Which Pose Questions on Proper Pursuit of Pleasure 1

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    1. "School Turns to The Teachings of Aristotle...." [to indoctrinate young minds in "virtue"] 3

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    1. Welcome ACCORD! 12

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    1. Happy Twentieth of May (2019)! 1

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    1. New Article: "Free Will In Epicurean Philosophy" - by Dimitris Liarmakopoulos

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