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    2. Infinitism in epistemology

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    2. Your Experience with Philosophical and Practical Contemplations Through the Lens of Epicurean Philosophy 3

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    2. New Advancement on Reading Herculaneum Scrolls 2

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    2. There is One Reality but it is "Perspective Dependent" 1

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    2. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Said To Him That The Value of Being Dead and Being Alive Are Equal? 21

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    2. Updates To Participation Level Designations

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    2. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1

      • Cassius
      • June 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Epicurus As A Community Organizer/Activist Rather Than Isolated Thinker/Writer

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    2. Happy Twentieth of June 2026!

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    2. $toicism, Broicism, and stoicisM 1

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    4. Pacatus

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    2. Stoic After-school Programs?? 2

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    2. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1

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    2. Prolepsis and the Epicurean Gods (discussion split from earlier thread started by Titus) 39

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    2. Sadler Recommended Epicurean Reading List 2

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    2. Welcome AutoAtaraxic! 6

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      • June 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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    2. Video on Nietzsche's Criticisms of Kant

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    2. Epicurus vs Schopenhauer - Orientation Discussion 7

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      • June 12, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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    4. Elli

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    2. Welcome AlteFrau! 5

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    2. Comparing Modern Ideas vs Epicurean Ideas on Well-being and Joy 4

      • Kalosyni
      • June 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      June 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM

    2. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1

      • Cassius
      • June 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Lucretius on the emotions

      • Kalosyni
      • June 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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    2. On the Nature of the Soul According to Epicurus 1

      • Kalosyni
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Welcome CelestineEyes! 2

      • Cassius
      • June 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Discussion of Blog Article: "Living For Pleasure, Or Dying For Relief From Pain?" 3

      • Cassius
      • June 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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    4. Don

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    2. Suavity - General Discussion 12

      • Cassius
      • June 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. What Atoms Look Like (Even Though We'll Never Seen Them)

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      • June 1, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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    2. Eudaimonia and Makariotēs in the Letter to Menoeceus 24

      • Kalosyni
      • June 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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    4. Don

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    2. On Epicurean Text Study and Contemplation - Blog Article by Kalosyni

      • Kalosyni
      • May 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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    2. Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6

      • Cassius
      • June 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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    4. Joshua

      June 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM

    2. Is Education a "pastime" or a "way of life"? 4

      • wbernys
      • May 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. Using Google AI to generate translation of ancient Greek words 10

      • Kalosyni
      • June 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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    2. wbernys outline on Epicureanism. 1

      • wbernys
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Welcome H.NurBeyazErkizan! 9

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    4. Martin

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    2. Bryan Harris Interlinear Translation Of Lucretius 14

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      • June 22, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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    2. Welcome Buck23! 9

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    2. An Observation On Using Opposing Philosophers To Argue Epicurean Positions 7

      • Cassius
      • May 24, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Episode 335 - EATAQ 17 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory 5

      • Cassius
      • May 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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    2. Defense of all mental pleasure and pain being based in the body. 6

      • wbernys
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    4. Todd

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    2. "Print Thread" Feature Added

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    2. Clement on Epicurus' And Other Philosophers Opinions As To The Chief Good 3

      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Joshua

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    2. Iliustrations and Analogies For Explaining the "Two And Only Two Feelings" Argument 39

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      • May 22, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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    2. Discussion of Blog Article - "Why It Is Incorrect to Say Epicurean Philosophy Is Primarily About 'Absence of Pain'" 6

      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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      • Kalosyni
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    2. Eikadistes Article Discussion - 'No Politics'

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    2. Did People Naturally Want to F—k Deities?

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    2. Sidgwickianism - Henry Sidgwick and Utilitarian Analysis vs. Epicurus 1

      • Cassius
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    2. Episode 334 - EATAQ 16 - Further Epicurean Analysis of the Problems With The Stoic "Katalepctic Impression" 15

      • Cassius
      • May 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Should the Study of Modern Psychology and Positive Psychology be Encouraged? 5

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    2. Ongoing Discussion of Jack Gedney's "Untroubled" Substack Blog 40

      • Don
      • May 31, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Infinitism in epistemology

      • Pacatus
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    2. Your Experience with Philosophical and Practical Contemplations Through the Lens of Epicurean Philosophy 3

      • Kalosyni
      • June 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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    4. Pacatus

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    2. New Advancement on Reading Herculaneum Scrolls 2

      • Kalosyni
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    4. TauPhi

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    2. There is One Reality but it is "Perspective Dependent" 1

      • Don
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    2. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Said To Him That The Value of Being Dead and Being Alive Are Equal? 21

      • Cassius
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    2. Updates To Participation Level Designations

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    2. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1

      • Cassius
      • June 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Epicurus As A Community Organizer/Activist Rather Than Isolated Thinker/Writer

      • Cassius
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    2. Happy Twentieth of June 2026!

      • Kalosyni
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    2. $toicism, Broicism, and stoicisM 1

      • Don
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