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Excellent thread so far! Here's a short list off-the-cuff of things I personally consider to be non-negotiable. To be an Epicurean, in other words, is to embrace at least the following; 1. A thoroughgoing materialism. A universe that is strictly material, and strictly natural, with no supernatural element whatsoever. 2. A decisive rejection of an afterlife, and of the worry that there is anything to fear in death. 3. A full-throated endorsement of pleasure as the end or telos of human life. Numb…