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    2. Overview of Epicurean Philosophy - Quick Visual 1

      • Kalosyni
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    2. Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Not Yet Recorded 1

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    2. The Kharites (Charites) or Graces

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    2. Discussion Of The Article: "The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response"

      • Cassius
      • August 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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    2. Complexity, Contradictions, and "Testing Out" Epicurean Philosophy 3

      • Kalosyni
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    4. DaveT

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    2. Welcome EpicuriousDavid! 4

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    2. Desires necessary for Happiness. 4

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    2. Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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    2. Happiness Happens Month

      • Patrikios
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    2. Hermarchus project 2

      • TauPhi
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    2. Heads up: New Book Coming in 2027 3

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    2. Modern cosmologists and theoretical physicists who think the universe is spatially infinite 1

      • Kalosyni
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    2. "Healthy Hedonism - Why Feeling Good Is Good For You" - Book By Erica Oberg 7

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    4. Pacatus

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    2. Opening Discussion of Kelly Arenson's "Health And Hedonism In Plato And Epicurus" 15

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    2. Smiling at Death

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    2. Welcome Randres61! 1

      • Cassius
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    2. "Meet-and-Greet" Zoom- August 3rd, 8pm ET & August 9th, 12:30pm ET, 2026 13

      • Kalosyni
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Metrodorus project 8

      • TauPhi
      • July 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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    4. TauPhi

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    2. Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5

      • Cassius
      • August 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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    2. Welcome Aristos! 6

      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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    2. Discussion of the Article - Too Long UnPraised And UnAppreciated - Aulus Gellius And The Clearest Ancient Testimony That Absence of Pain Equals Pleasure 2

      • Cassius
      • July 20, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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    2. The Completeness (or Fullness) of Pleasure 2

      • Kalosyni
      • July 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      July 20, 2026 at 11:24 AM

    2. July 20, 2026 1

      • Kalosyni
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    4. Godfrey

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    2. Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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    2. Discussion of Article: Living For the Pleasures Of The Moment Isn't Epicurean, It's Lunacy

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      • July 17, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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    2. New Article By Eikadistes on Twentiers Site -- Fragments from Philodemus "On Gods"

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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    2. Welcome WilliamJ! 4

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      July 17, 2026 at 8:29 AM

    2. Discussion of the thread - Against Katastematic Supremacy - Pleasure Is A Unified Whole And Not A House Divided - Forum Editorial Policy 59

      • Cassius
      • August 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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    2. Epicurus And Homer's Odyssey 13

      • Kalosyni
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    2. Marriage, Children, & Personal Relationships - Greater Difficulties and Risk Can Make Them Harder Than Ever. Epicurean Perspectives on Remedies 4

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    2. Welcome Luzveraz 2

      • Cassius
      • July 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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    2. Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 14, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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    2. Experiental Avoidance of Pain / Aversion to Pain 7

      • Matteng
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    4. Don

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    2. Instances of the Sage breaking the law? From Plutarch 2

      • wbernys
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    2. FollowUp On Quote Submitted By Pacatus - "It is not a sign of good health to be well adjusted to a sick society." 19

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    2. The Relationship of Happiness and Blessedness 20

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    4. Patrikios

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    2. During the time of Epicurus, who could read well enough to study philosophy? 25

      • Kalosyni
      • July 16, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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    2. Athenian Epicurean Program on Thomas Jefferson And Epicurus 4

      • Cassius
      • July 25, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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    2. What is the difference between friendship and a friendly relationship between you and strangers? 6

      • Noah Calderon
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    2. World's Worst Epicurus Videos 9

      • Cassius
      • July 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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    2. Quotes of Metrodorus.

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    2. Lesser known quotes by Epicurus. 2

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    2. Quotes by Hermarchus

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    2. Quotes by Polyaenus of Lampsacus.

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    2. Quotes of Metrodorus, Polyaenus, and Hermarchus. 6

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    2. Rebuttal to a Stoic who stated that "flourishing" would be a "better" goal of life than Pleasure 14

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    2. Welcome DJRAZORBACK! 1

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    2. Welcome Max Duboff 104

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    2. Overview of Epicurean Philosophy - Quick Visual 1

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      August 9, 2026 at 12:05 PM

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    2. Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Not Yet Recorded 1

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    2. The Kharites (Charites) or Graces

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    2. Discussion Of The Article: "The Completeness Argument, Cicero's Knowledge Of It, And The Epicurean Response"

      • Cassius
      • August 7, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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    2. Complexity, Contradictions, and "Testing Out" Epicurean Philosophy 3

      • Kalosyni
      • August 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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    4. DaveT

      August 7, 2026 at 9:39 AM

    2. Welcome EpicuriousDavid! 4

      • Cassius
      • August 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      August 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM

    2. Desires necessary for Happiness. 4

      • wbernys
      • August 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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    4. Robert

      August 7, 2026 at 9:33 PM

    2. Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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    2. Happiness Happens Month

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Atoms and Void - Properties, Qualities, Emergence, and Rejection of Atomic ReductionismEpicurean Methods of Reasoning And Determining TruthPleasure As the Highest Good
Epicurean Gods And Life Elsewhere In The Universe(1) Five SensesVirtue As Instrumental To Pleasure
The Impossibility of Life After Death(2) Feeling - Pleasure and PainThe Relationship of Pleasure To Absence of Pain And Disturbance
The Existence of "the Swerve"(3) Anticipations / Preconceptions / ProlepsisEmotion In Epicurean Philosophy
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The Universe As Infinite In SpaceThe Significance of "Images"Agency / Free Will
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