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    2. EPICURUS ON PLEASURE, A COMPLETE LIFE, AND DEATH:A DEFENCE - ALEX VOORHOEVE 16

      • Don
      • July 27, 2022 at 6:51 AM
      • Don
      • December 28, 2024 at 4:47 AM
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    4. Godfrey

      December 28, 2024 at 4:47 AM

    2. Godless Mom: Two Blog Articles mention Epicurus

      • Don
      • December 6, 2023 at 6:56 AM
      • Don
      • December 6, 2023 at 6:56 AM
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    2. Phaeacian Dido: Lost Pleasures of an Epicurean Intertext by Pamela Gordon

      • Don
      • December 4, 2023 at 11:42 PM
      • Don
      • December 4, 2023 at 11:42 PM
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    2. Ancient Inscription Touts Benefits of Greek Philosophy of Epicureanism

      • Plantpierogi
      • October 2, 2023 at 11:15 AM
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    2. New York Times article on the science of gratitude

      • Cleveland Okie
      • August 21, 2023 at 10:28 PM
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    2. The Atlantic article on emotions in decision-making 4

      • Don
      • January 4, 2022 at 4:56 PM
      • Don
      • July 13, 2023 at 5:28 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      July 13, 2023 at 5:28 PM

    2. Paul Bloom Dancing on the Head of a Pin 5

      • Don
      • May 18, 2023 at 6:06 AM
      • Don
      • May 18, 2023 at 11:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 18, 2023 at 11:13 AM

    2. Epicurean Articles By David Glidden 1

      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2023 at 10:55 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2023 at 10:58 AM
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    4. Cassius

      February 24, 2023 at 10:58 AM

    2. Guardian Articles on Lucretius by Emma Woolerton

      • Kalosyni
      • January 24, 2023 at 3:39 PM
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    2. Companion to Greek and Roman Political Thought 1

      • Don
      • September 25, 2022 at 8:20 AM
      • Don
      • September 25, 2022 at 9:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 25, 2022 at 9:18 AM

    2. Paper on Pleasure, Unpleasure, and "Indolence"

      • Don
      • July 4, 2022 at 8:22 AM
      • Don
      • July 4, 2022 at 8:22 AM
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    2. Importance of Gratitude 6

      • Don
      • May 19, 2022 at 7:04 AM
      • Don
      • May 27, 2022 at 10:49 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2022 at 10:49 AM

    2. New Sedley Chapter On Ancient Greek Atheism 89

      • Don
      • March 19, 2022 at 12:20 AM
      • Don
      • April 16, 2022 at 1:00 PM
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    4. Cassius

      April 16, 2022 at 1:00 PM

    2. Cicero and the Epicureans (Article) 1

      • Don
      • March 27, 2022 at 11:19 AM
      • Don
      • April 1, 2022 at 1:29 AM
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    4. Pacatus

      April 1, 2022 at 1:29 AM

    2. Article by Voorhoeve: Epicurus on Pleasure, A Complete Life, and Death: A Defense 13

      • Cassius
      • March 4, 2022 at 3:04 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 4, 2022 at 3:04 PM

    2. Erland MacGillivray

      • Scott
      • February 3, 2022 at 4:02 PM
      • Scott
      • February 3, 2022 at 4:02 PM
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    2. Jackson Barwis Materials (Especially "Dialogues Concerning Innate Principles")

      • Cassius
      • January 22, 2022 at 11:56 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 22, 2022 at 11:56 AM
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    2. Contemplative Isolation and Constructive Sociability in the Epicurean Tradition 8

      • Don
      • October 11, 2021 at 10:33 PM
      • Don
      • October 12, 2021 at 12:52 PM
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    4. Don

      October 12, 2021 at 12:52 PM

    2. Article on interoception

      • Don
      • October 10, 2021 at 12:41 PM
      • Don
      • October 10, 2021 at 12:41 PM
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    2. 2014 Article By Jonathan Williams - "Happy Violence - Bentley, Lucretius, and the Prehistory of Freethinking. 1

      • Cassius
      • September 13, 2021 at 4:22 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 13, 2021 at 4:31 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 13, 2021 at 4:31 PM

    2. Sedley - Epicurus and His Professional Rivals 2

      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2021 at 9:03 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 11, 2021 at 2:51 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 11, 2021 at 2:51 PM

    2. Interesting Article on Epicurus and Aesthetics 2

      • Don
      • August 12, 2020 at 10:31 PM
      • Don
      • August 13, 2020 at 7:46 AM
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    4. Don

      August 13, 2020 at 7:46 AM

    2. Collection of French Academic Articles detailing the significance & Influence of Epicurean Philosophy in the Enlightenment 1

      • Charles
      • April 13, 2020 at 11:05 PM
      • Charles
      • April 14, 2020 at 6:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      April 14, 2020 at 6:30 PM

    2. (Diderot) Denis - "Epicureism, or Epicurism", Vol. 5 of The Encyclopedia 1

      • Charles
      • April 13, 2020 at 8:55 PM
      • Charles
      • April 14, 2020 at 6:28 PM
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    4. Cassius

      April 14, 2020 at 6:28 PM

    2. "The Story of Civilizations" Vol. II - "The Life of Greece" (1939), Chapter XXIX "The Surrender of Philosophy" II. The Epicurean Escape - Will Durant (A Cautionary Tale) 2

      • Charles
      • February 20, 2020 at 1:54 PM
      • Charles
      • February 20, 2020 at 3:21 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 20, 2020 at 3:21 PM

    2. Packer (Mary Porter) - "Cicero's Presentation of Epicurean Ethics"

      • Cassius
      • May 2, 2019 at 2:14 PM
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    2. Epicurean Philosophy vs Charvaka / Lokayata 8

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      • January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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    2. Boethus the Epicurean (geometry, acoustics) 1

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