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    2. Discussion of Blog Post: The Continuing Vitality of Epicurean Physics 7

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    2. New FAQ Entry - Is Epicurean Philosophy Purely a Matter of Personal Self-Improvement, or Does It Have a Missionary / Outreach Aspect?

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    2. Sunday April 26, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book 1 - 418 - Putting Matter and Void Together - And Concluding There Is Nothing Else

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    2. Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - Conclusion of Book One of Academic Questions - Not Yet Recorded

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    2. Plato's Ladder of Beauty from his Symposium 1

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    2. Nietzsche Agreeing With Epicurus That The Senses Do Not Lie

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    2. Sunday April 19, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 346 - More On Void

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    2. Episode 330 - EATAQ 12 - In Contrast With Epicurus, The Stoics Opt For Virtue At Any Cost And Make Controversial Claims About The Senses 2

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    2. Commentary On The Principal Doctrines And Vatican Sayings

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    2. Epicurean Prolepsis / Canonics vs Stoic Katalepsis

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    2. Discussion of Blog Article - "In Troubled Times, Young People Should Turn To Epicurus Rather than The Pope" 6

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    2. Why Emily Austin's "Living For Pleasure" Book Title Is Particularly Apt 5

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    2. Klavan's "Gateway To Epicureanism" (Note: The Title Is Part Of A "Gateway" Series - The Author Himself Is Strongly Anti-Epicurean) 16

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    2. General Analysis of Risk Aversion

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    2. Sunday April 12, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 329 - The Void

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    2. Episode 329 - EATAQ 11 - Cracks In The Academy On Ideal Forms And Virtue Lead To The Emergence of Aristotle, The Stoics, And Epicurus 3

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    2. What would Epicurus have thought of going to the moon? 16

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    2. M. Dango's personal outline 4

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    2. Discussion of Article - 25 Mind Viruses Cured By Epicurean Philosophy 2

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    2. Against "Castles In the Air"

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    2. Epicurus' Response to "Infinite Regress" Arguments 1

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    2. Epicurus' Response to the "Idleness" Argument

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    2. Epicurus' Response to the "Master" Argument

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    2. The "Liar" Paradox and Epicurus' Response

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    2. General Commentary on Logic-Based Arguments Against Epicurean Physics 5

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    2. Responding to the Avicenna "Proof of the Truthful" Argument For A Supernatural God 3

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    2. How to argue against the Kalam Cosmological Argument? 11

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    2. How do we know that we only get one life? 16

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    2. Acccelerating Study of Canonics Through Philodemus' "On Methods of Inference"

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    2. Analysis of Epicurean Canonics

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    2. Was Epicurus Influenced by Xenophanes? 2

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    2. Discussion of Blog Post: The Continuing Vitality of Epicurean Physics 7

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    2. Sunday April 26, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book 1 - 418 - Putting Matter and Void Together - And Concluding There Is Nothing Else

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