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    2. Under What Circumstances, If Any, Would An Epicurean Choose A Course That Produced (For Example) 98% Pleasure And 2% Pain Over A Course That Was 100% Pleasure and 0% Pain? 2

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      • November 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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    2. Does Self-Determination Theory Fit in With Epicurean Philosophy? 5

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    2. Welcome DevinH! 13

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    2. Episode 359 - EATAQ41 - Continuing in Part 20 of Book 2 of Academic Questions - Not Yet Recorded

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    2. Music and Auditory Pleasure and Neuroscience - transcript of interview

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    2. Using AI to create flow charts of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 9

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      • November 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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      November 7, 2026 at 3:41 PM

    2. Episode 358 - EATAQ40 - The Hypocrisy And Darkness of Academic Skepticism 4

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    2. Happy Halloween 2026 - Death is Nothing to Us! 5

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    2. Discussion of Article - "Aristotle - Introduction From An Epicurean Perspective" 2

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      • October 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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    2. Welcome Thomas Karion! 32

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      • November 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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    2. Discussion of Article - "Sextus Empiricus - Introduction From An Epicurean Perspective" 5

      • Cassius
      • October 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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    2. Do some people still believe in fate?

      • Kalosyni
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    2. Turning to Religion to Make AI Morally Good (Comparing this to Epicurean Philosophy)

      • Kalosyni
      • October 25, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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    2. Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1

      • Cassius
      • October 31, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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    2. Major Upgrade To Forum Software - Now Completed 2

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      • October 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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    2. Note Regarding This Week's Internet Security Issues

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      • October 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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    2. Sextus Empiricus - Clearly Stating That Skepticism Leads Not To Pleasure But To "Quietude" 4

      • Cassius
      • October 25, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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      October 25, 2026 at 7:37 AM

    2. Aenesidemus - Transmitter of Pyrrhonic Skepticism

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      • October 22, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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    2. Oxyrhynchus Papyrus - Work By Eikadistes at Twentiers.com

      • Cassius
      • October 20, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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    2. How a Defense of Christianity Revolutionized Brain Science article 1

      • Godfrey
      • October 21, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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    4. Patrikios

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    2. Happy Twentieth of October 2026

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      • October 20, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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    2. David Sedley - "Creationism And Its Critics In Antiquity" 5

      • Cassius
      • October 26, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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      October 26, 2026 at 6:24 AM

    2. Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4

      • Cassius
      • October 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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      October 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM

    2. Excellent Article By Eikadistes On The "Epicurean Paradox" About the Gods

      • Cassius
      • October 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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    2. Philosophical Implications of Jason And The Argonauts

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      • October 15, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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    2. The Full Epicurean Reasoning Regarding a Material Universe 5

      • Kalosyni
      • October 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Welcome MarcyRIzzi

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      • October 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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    2. Optical Phenomena (Not Necessarily Just Optical "Illusions") And Their Relationship To Prolepsis / Anticipations 2

      • Cassius
      • October 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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      October 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM

    2. Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11

      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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    2. Good or Questionable Promotion of Epicurus? 6

      • Kalosyni
      • October 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      October 10, 2026 at 2:24 PM

    2. Criticism of Dewitt's interpretation of Principal Doctrine 5. 7

      • wbernys
      • October 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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    4. Patrikios

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    2. Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15

      • Cassius
      • October 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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    2. Welcome MrJoeShell

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    2. Marcellus Palingenius Stellatus - AN ENCOUNTER WITH EPICURUS - translated excerpt from “Zodiacus Vitae” 2

      • Kalosyni
      • October 23, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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      October 23, 2026 at 9:22 AM

    2. What a Healthy Relationship Looks Like (Article) 1

      • Kalosyni
      • October 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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    2. VS14 And "Leisure - The Basis Of Culture" by Josef Pieper 5

      • Cassius
      • October 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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      October 3, 2026 at 7:26 AM

    2. Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2

      • Cassius
      • September 30, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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      September 30, 2026 at 11:32 AM

    2. What is the meaning of "He thinks he preaches to her"? 1

      • wbernys
      • September 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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    4. Bryan

      September 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM

    2. The Nature of Truth in Epicurus: ἀλήθεια 1

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      • September 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM

    2. Understanding vision and how the eyes work 1

      • Kalosyni
      • September 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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    4. wbernys

      September 24, 2026 at 4:17 PM

    2. The Four Steps In The Academic Skeptic Denial Of Knowledge - And Epicurus' Response 3

      • Cassius
      • September 26, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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    2. Terminal illness and assisted dying (Article)

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      • September 23, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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    2. Virtues are Entirely Instumental 1

      • Kalosyni
      • September 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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      September 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM

    2. Suggestions For - "What I Wish I Had Known At 21 That I Now Know From Studying Epicurus" 11

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      • September 30, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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    2. Happy Twentieth of September 2026! 1

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      • September 20, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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    2. Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4

      • Cassius
      • October 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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    2. What Happened at an Epicurean Symposium? 2

      • Kalosyni
      • September 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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    2. Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2

      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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    2. A Systematic Review of the Determinants of Happiness (Article) 3

      • Kalosyni
      • September 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Evolutionary Psychology and "Happiness" 24

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    2. Under What Circumstances, If Any, Would An Epicurean Choose A Course That Produced (For Example) 98% Pleasure And 2% Pain Over A Course That Was 100% Pleasure and 0% Pain? 2

      • Cassius
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    2. Does Self-Determination Theory Fit in With Epicurean Philosophy? 5

      • Kalosyni
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    2. Welcome DevinH! 13

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    2. Episode 359 - EATAQ41 - Continuing in Part 20 of Book 2 of Academic Questions - Not Yet Recorded

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    2. Using AI to create flow charts of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 9

      • Kalosyni
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    2. Episode 358 - EATAQ40 - The Hypocrisy And Darkness of Academic Skepticism 4

      • Cassius
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    2. Happy Halloween 2026 - Death is Nothing to Us! 5

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    2. Discussion of Article - "Aristotle - Introduction From An Epicurean Perspective" 2

      • Cassius
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    2. Welcome Thomas Karion! 32

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