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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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      • Ethics - General Discussion
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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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      • Absence of Pain - By Pleasure We Mean All Experience That Is Not Painful
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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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      • Canonics - General Discussion
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    1. What Is the "Guarantee" That Our Confidence In the Senses Is Well Placed?

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

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    1. Welcome PhilNecht!

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    1. Major Controversies In Understanding Epicurean Philosophy

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    1. Marshal de Saint Evremond on Epicurus 8

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    1. Can You Suggest A Reading List For New Students of Epicurus? 9

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    1. Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?

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    1. What Are the Central Points of Epicurean Philosophy About How To Live (Ethics)?

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    1. What Are the Central Points of Epicurean Philosophy About The Science of Knowledge (the Canon of Truth)?

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    1. What Are The Central Points of Epicurean Philosophy About the Nature of the Universe (Physics)?

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    1. Comparison Chart - Epicurean vs Stoic Views of the Goal of Life

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    1. PD34 - How Does PD 34 Relate to PD 32 As To The Nature of Justice? 4

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    1. Lucretius Book 5 - Opening - Brown 1743 - Cassius

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    1. Lucretius Book 6 - Opening - Brown 1743 Edition - Cassius

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    1. Christos Yapijakis: "Epicurean Philosophy, Modern Science, and Life" - A Presentation With Question / Answer Session.

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    1. What did Epicurus say about the size of the sun and whether the Earth was round or flat? 4

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    1. What did Epicurus say about whether living happily requires a knowledge of physics, and the nature of the universe? 1

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