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New Graphics: Are You On Team Epicurus? | Comparison Chart: Epicurus vs. Other Philosophies 

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    1. PD04 - Continuous Pleasure / PD4 2

      • Cassius
      • March 6, 2017 at 11:25 AM
      • Epicurus - Principal Doctrines
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      • March 9, 2017 at 11:13 AM
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    1. You Have Been Deceived!

      • Cassius
      • February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
      • Ethics - General Discussion
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      • February 18, 2017 at 3:46 PM
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    1. Top Problematic Attitude and “Life Premise” Issues Made Worse By Stoicism and Cured by Epicurean Philosophy

      • Cassius
      • February 18, 2017 at 3:40 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
      • Cassius
      • February 18, 2017 at 3:40 PM
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    1. The Full Cup / Fullness of Pleasure Model

      • Cassius
      • February 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM
      • Ethics - General Discussion
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      • February 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM
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    1. Old Prototype For FAQ - Superceded

      • Cassius
      • February 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM
      • News And Forum Updates
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      • February 17, 2017 at 8:40 AM
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    1. Another Exchange on Ataraxia 1

      • Cassius
      • February 2, 2017 at 7:27 AM
      • The Term "Pleasure" Means The Same As "Absence of Pain," And Includes All Experience Which Is Not Painful Not Painful
      • Cassius
      • October 28, 2023 at 1:29 PM
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    1. The Goal of Life - From Torquatus in "On Ends"

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      • January 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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      • January 12, 2017 at 12:17 PM
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    1. The General Question - Dealing with Vulcans and Ayn Rand - "Emotions are not tools of Cognition"

      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2017 at 10:57 AM
      • The Feelings / Passions / Internal Sensations: Pleasure and Pain
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      • January 2, 2017 at 10:57 AM
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    1. Passions / Emotions / Feelings - The Second Leg of the Canon of Truth

      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2017 at 10:55 AM
      • The Feelings / Passions / Internal Sensations: Pleasure and Pain
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      • January 2, 2017 at 10:55 AM
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    1. PD32 - "Rights" - Animal Rights and Human Rights

      • Cassius
      • October 17, 2016 at 9:22 AM
      • Epicurus - Principal Doctrines
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      • October 17, 2016 at 9:22 AM
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    1. A Recap of Principles of Epicurean Physics 19

      • Cassius
      • October 11, 2016 at 1:36 PM
      • Physics - General Discussion
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      • April 12, 2022 at 7:51 AM
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    3. Don

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    1. Science / Physics Update 10/02/16 1

      • Cassius
      • October 2, 2016 at 12:07 PM
      • Physics - General Discussion
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      • October 2, 2016 at 10:21 PM
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    3. A Singh

      October 2, 2016 at 10:21 PM
    1. Socrates / Plato - The Pursuit of Pleasure as "cookery" or "flattery"

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:28 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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      • September 24, 2016 at 3:28 PM
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    1. VS26 - Long and Short Argument Reference in Cicero's On Ends

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:25 PM
      • Epicurus - The "Vatican List" of Sayings
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      • September 24, 2016 at 3:25 PM
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    1. Cicero's Criticism of Stoicism's Doctrine of "Preferreds"

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:24 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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      • September 24, 2016 at 3:24 PM
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    1. Cicero's Criticism of Stoicism - Book 4 of On Ends

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:23 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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      • September 24, 2016 at 3:23 PM
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    1. Cicero's Criticism of Stoicism in "On Ends"

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:22 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:22 PM
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    1. "Absence of Pain" Discussion in Cicero's Criticism of Epciurus in On Ends

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:20 PM
      • The Term "Pleasure" Means The Same As "Absence of Pain," And Includes All Experience Which Is Not Painful Not Painful
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:20 PM
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    1. Comparison With Excerpt in Gorgias

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:13 PM
      • Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:13 PM
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    1. Philebus: The Problem With Trying To Separate Pleasure From Wisdom

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:11 PM
      • The Feelings / Passions / Internal Sensations: Pleasure and Pain
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:11 PM
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    1. PD07 - Post By EP - "Darius" by CP Cavafy

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:09 PM
      • Epicurus - Principal Doctrines
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:09 PM
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    1. Gorgias - The Leaky Cask Hypothetical

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:07 PM
      • The Term "Pleasure" Means The Same As "Absence of Pain," And Includes All Experience Which Is Not Painful Not Painful
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:07 PM
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    1. Simonides - Without pleasure, not even the life of the gods is enviable.

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:02 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:02 PM
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    1. Theophrastus - Perception is generally pleasurable....

      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
      • Cassius
      • September 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM
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    1. Peace and Safety for Your Twentieth of September - Epicurus v Plato - Part 1 - Gorgias

      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2016 at 9:03 PM
      • Twentieth, Holidays, & Birthday Greetings
      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2016 at 9:03 PM
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    1. "Absence of Pain" In Cicero's "On Ends"

      • Cassius
      • September 18, 2016 at 8:16 AM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
      • Cassius
      • September 18, 2016 at 8:16 AM
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    1. The Seductiveness of Virtue

      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM
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    1. On The Subject of the Tetrapharmakon

      • Cassius
      • August 3, 2016 at 8:36 PM
      • Philodemus - On / Against _??_ (In Which The "Tetrapharmakon" Appears)
      • Cassius
      • August 3, 2016 at 8:36 PM
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    1. Pleasure, "Absence of Pain," and Two States of Feeling

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      • Cassius
      • July 12, 2016 at 4:25 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
      • Cassius
      • July 12, 2016 at 4:25 PM
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    1. Announcing the EpicureanFriends.com WIKI

      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2016 at 10:30 PM
      • News And Forum Updates
      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2016 at 10:30 PM
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