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    1. Happy Epicurean New Year

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    1. Major Observations and Conclusions of Epicurean Philosophy - An Outline

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    1. Peace and Safety for your Twentieth of July!

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    1. PD18 - On the Limit of Mental Pleasure

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      • Epicurus - Principal Doctrines
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    1. Horace - Ode III, 29 "This Aegean Storm"

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    1. Pathe - Notes On Usage

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    1. On The Meaning Of The Word "Canon"

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    1. Quotes from Nietzsche Relevant To Epicurus

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    1. Loving Life? Or Loving Anesthesia?

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      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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    1. Query: "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Would Epicurus have agreed or disagreed? Why?

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    1. Thoughts on Anticipations 2

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    1. Charts Comparing Epicurus To Other Viewpoints

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    1. A Summary of Major Aspects of the Philosophy of Epicurus

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    1. A model of painlessness / aponia consistent with Lucretius' "vessel" analogy and references to the fullness of pleasure

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      • The Term "Pleasure" Means The Same As "Absence of Pain," And Includes All Experience Which Is Not Painful Not Painful
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    1. The Inscription - Links and Sources for Translations

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    1. Primary Epistemology Cites from The Epicurean Texts

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    1. Diogenes Laertius Book X - The Biography of Epicurus

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    1. The Sayings As To The Wise Man 1

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    1. The Canon of Truth - Fragments On Epistemology Preserved In Other Writings

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    1. The Will of Epicurus - Translation By Cyril Bailey

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