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New Graphics: Are You On Team Epicurus? | Comparison Chart: Epicurus vs. Other Philosophies | Chart Of Key Epicurean Quotations | Accelerating Study Of Canonics Through Philodemus' "On Methods Of Inference" | Note to all users: If you have a problem posting in any forum, please message Cassius  

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    1. Using the Phrase "Nothing Exists Except Atoms and Void"

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      • March 12, 2017 at 10:21 AM
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    1. How Would Epicurus Account For Depression? - Main Thread

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:34 PM
      • Dealing with Emotions of Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Sadness
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    1. Euthanasia And Epicurean Philosophy

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      • Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times
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    1. How Would Epicurus Account For Depression? - A Wider Take

      • Cassius
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    1. Where Is Epicurus In The "School of Athens"? 129

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:27 PM
      • Unsolved Questions of Epicurean History
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    1. A Challenge To The Stoics - Show Us We Are Wrong In How Epicureans View Stoicism

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:23 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. What Is An Example of a Natural But Not Necessary Desire? 12

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      • Choice And Avoidance ("Natural And Necessary"; "Natural and Unnecessary", Etc.)
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    1. Did Ancient Epicureans Live In Communes? Should We Try To Do That Today?

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:12 PM
      • Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times
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    1. Cicero’s Presentation of Epicurean Ethics – Fake News?

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:10 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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    1. What About "Cherophobia" - Aversion to Happiness?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 6:07 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Tell Me About Epicurean Self-Sufficiency

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:04 PM
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    1. For Those Who Dispute That Pleasurable Living Is the Goal of Life, What Would You Say Is The Goal Instead?

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      • March 11, 2017 at 6:02 PM
      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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    1. Why Is Injustice Not Bad In Itself?

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    1. Boris Nikolsky: "Epicurus On Pleasure" - Re-examining the Katastematic / Kinetic Question 3

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      • March 11, 2017 at 5:49 PM
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    1. How Is Epicurean Philosophy Used To Deal With Difficult Or Unsolvable Problems?

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      • March 11, 2017 at 5:45 PM
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    1. Epicurus' Appearance - Research Into What He Looked Like 9

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    1. Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Considered An "-ism"

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      • March 11, 2017 at 5:35 PM
      • Epicurean Life Strategies for Modern Times
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    1. An Opening Conversation With A Committed Modern Stoic - Prelude to "Eight Stoic Challenges to Epicurean Philosophy" - Part 2

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:26 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. An Opening Conversation With A Committed Modern Stoic - Prelude to "Eight Stoic Challenges to Epicurean Philosophy" - Part 1

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:25 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges to Epicurean Philosophy - 4 - Wouldn't It Be Better to Live in A World of Stoics Or Platonists Rather than a World of Epicureans?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:15 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy - 5 - Would An Epicurean Accept The "Brain In A Vat Producing Perfect Pleasure" Hypothetical?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:13 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges to Epicurean Philosophy - 3 - Epicureans Are Not Good People Because They Would Not Warn Enemies Against Hidden Hazards

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:11 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy - 7 - Are Not Epicureans Only Fair-Weather Friends?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:10 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy - 2 - Why Would An Epicurean Die For A Friend?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:08 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy - 6 - What About Pleasures We Consider Bad Or Evil?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:07 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Introduction To Eight Part Series - Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 4:04 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Could Epicurean Involvement In Politics Have Prevented The Fall of Greco-Roman Civilization?

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      • March 11, 2017 at 4:02 PM
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    1. Are There Epicurean Role Models?

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      • March 11, 2017 at 4:00 PM
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    1. Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy - 1 - Do Not People Agree That Virtue More Admirable Than Pleasure?

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 3:57 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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    1. Stoic Challenges To Epicurean Philosophy - 8 - Objection to the Epicurean Doctrine That Virtue Is only of Value as An Instrumentality to achieve Pleasure

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2017 at 3:55 PM
      • Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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