Atoms and Void

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    2. Key Citations On Atoms, Void, and Emergence

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2023 at 12:00 PM
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      • October 4, 2023 at 12:00 PM
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    2. Movement, Direction, and Speed of Atoms - Do Atoms Fall "Down?" Is the "Swerve" Required To Bring Them Together Into Bodies? 17

      • Don
      • December 18, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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      • December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM

    2. Simple Video On Epicurus and His Atomism

      • Cassius
      • March 24, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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      • March 24, 2024 at 8:40 AM
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    2. Basic Citations On The Void And Its Significance 2

      • Cassius
      • March 15, 2020 at 8:46 AM
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      • December 9, 2023 at 4:32 PM
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    4. Bryan

      December 9, 2023 at 4:32 PM

    2. Greek Atomism and subatomic particles. 'Atomos' and 'Ameres' 5

      • TauPhi
      • October 29, 2023 at 11:26 PM
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      • October 30, 2023 at 11:00 PM
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    4. Don

      October 30, 2023 at 11:00 PM

    2. What Is The Relationship Between Thoughts or Other Mental Operations And "Images" In Epicurus? 1

      • Cassius
      • September 2, 2023 at 8:15 AM
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      • September 2, 2023 at 6:04 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      September 2, 2023 at 6:04 PM

    2. Size of atoms

      • Don
      • December 23, 2022 at 4:50 PM
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      • December 23, 2022 at 4:50 PM
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    2. Epicurus On The Issue of Materiality - Ultimate Particles 2

      • Cassius
      • January 23, 2021 at 9:16 AM
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      • January 13, 2022 at 5:27 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 13, 2022 at 5:27 PM

    2. Atoms, void and life

      • Godfrey
      • September 4, 2020 at 9:20 PM
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      • September 4, 2020 at 9:20 PM
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    2. Article: Norman DeWitt - "Epicurean Kinetics" (Examining a Passage on Motion To Illuminate the Canon of Truth) 1

      • Cassius
      • April 17, 2020 at 6:35 AM
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      • April 19, 2020 at 10:15 PM
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    4. Don

      April 19, 2020 at 10:15 PM

    2. Fields, Particles, and the Reality We Live In

      • Cassius
      • May 5, 2015 at 4:55 PM
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      • Matteng
      • December 17, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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    2. what did epicurean actually mean by free will ? i think the article on the main page is confusing determinism with fatalism 7

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      • December 16, 2024 at 7:04 AM
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    4. Cassius

      December 16, 2024 at 7:04 AM

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      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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    2. Discussion of New Substack Article: "A Gate To Be Burst: Absence of Pain" 29

      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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