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    Reacted with Like to Adrastus’s post in the thread Spitting Upon the Beautiful....
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    Yet another turn in the road of life and I find Epicurus and the Sages have already been here and offer a salve.

    "I spit upon the beautiful and those who vainly admire it, when it does not produce any pleasure"

    As I navigate a very amicable separation and…
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    I will admit I didn't read this entire thread, but that's never slowed me down before.

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    I generally don't discuss hedonism with adults, but my children are wonderful little hedonistic philosophers, especially with the sort of body-focused ethics that they are taught in their school.

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    Reacted with Thanks to TauPhi’s post in the thread Reasoning through the Letter to Menoeceus' On the Gods.
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