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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
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The Good man is a good financier ... 5
- Hiram
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Tactics In Combatting Word-Game Trickery 1
- Cassius
July 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM
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Why Epicurean ideas suit the challenges of modern secular life 5
- Hiram
July 19, 2019 at 11:44 AM
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How The Christians Wiped Out Epicureanism
- Hiram
July 24, 2019 at 9:43 AM
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"Being," "Becoming," and Epicurus
- Cassius
July 30, 2019 at 9:06 AM
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International Day of Friendship
- Cassius
July 30, 2019 at 2:37 PM
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Epicurus’ On Nature – Books XI-XIV
- Hiram
July 31, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2
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July 31, 2019 at 12:50 PM
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Epicurus on Justice and the Virtues 1
- Hiram
August 2, 2019 at 7:16 PM
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Did Epicurus Create a Finished Product? 4
- Joshua
August 4, 2019 at 1:31 PM
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The Kind of Ring I'd Like to See 8
- Joshua
August 5, 2019 at 9:47 AM
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Epicurus' On Nature: Books XXV and XXVIII
- Hiram
August 5, 2019 at 2:03 PM
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Philodemus and Epicurean Philosophy: Changing Perceptions - Sonya Wurster 1
- Hiram
August 5, 2019 at 8:07 PM
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Epicureanism and the Enjoyment of True Pleasures 2
- Hiram
August 7, 2019 at 9:32 AM
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Epicurean Education and the Rhetoric of Concern, by Sean McConnell 1
- Hiram
August 8, 2019 at 10:03 AM
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Epicurus' Dying Wishes - James Warren 5
- Hiram
August 9, 2019 at 9:25 AM
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The Continuing Challenge of Epicureanism - Michael Wilson 14
- Hiram
August 11, 2019 at 12:31 PM
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A Quote from Hobbes' "Leviathan" 6
- Cassius
August 13, 2019 at 5:24 AM
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Epicurean Festival - Italy - Michele Pinto, Coordinator (Fri, Aug 30th 2019, 8:00 am - Sun, Sep 1st 2019, 8:00 pm) 10
- Cassius
August 25, 2019 at 11:17 AM
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Some Thoughts on “The Family”, and How the Doctrine of Determinism is Used By Christian Extremists 1
- Hiram
August 25, 2019 at 2:00 PM
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The Polytheism of the Epicureans 1
- Hiram
August 28, 2019 at 12:34 PM
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A Quick And Dirty Summary Based On Lucretius:
- Cassius
August 29, 2019 at 3:04 PM
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EpicureanFriends Site Glitches 10
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September 3, 2019 at 9:54 AM
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Article: "Coming to Know Epicurus' Truth: Distributed Cognition in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura, in D. O'Rourke (ed.), Approaches to Lucretius: Traditions and Innovations in Reading De Rerum Natura,
- Cassius
September 3, 2019 at 2:15 PM
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A Teachable Moment with Hurricane Dorian
- Hiram
September 4, 2019 at 11:46 AM
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Can You Eat Yourself Happy?
- Hiram
September 6, 2019 at 2:47 PM
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Old Tullius Accuses Epicurus of Shirking 2
- Cassius
September 7, 2019 at 10:45 AM
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Pleasure as a Synergy: A Critical Discussion of Ataraxia in Epicurean Ethics 4
- Hiram
September 10, 2019 at 10:53 AM
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You may think that I am crazy to consider Epicurus to be a god...
- Cassius
September 11, 2019 at 8:24 AM
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New Religious Landscape Study from Pew Research 29
- Don
February 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM - General Discussion
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Diogenes Laertius Book X - public domain translations 3
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April 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM - General Discussion
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"Voices From The Ancient World" Greek and Latin Reference Site
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April 17, 2025 at 8:38 AM - General Discussion
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Life Found Elsewhere? 7
- kochiekoch
April 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM - General Discussion
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Must an Epicurean believe in gods? 14
- Rolf
April 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM - General Discussion
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