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2. A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 3
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  - Pacatus
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2. Epicurean Golden Rule? 14
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4. Don
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2. Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4
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  - Kalosyni
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2. Explaining In Summary Form How A Man In Extreme Pain Can Be Said To Be "Happy" 22
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4. Kalosyni
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2. Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19
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4. Little Rocker
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2. Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205
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  - Todd
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2. List of Epicurean philosophical remedies
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  - Kalosyni
  - November 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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2. Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
  - Cassius
  - September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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4. Pacatus
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2. Wikipedia on "Pleasure"
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  - October 18, 2023 at 6:24 PM
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2. If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29
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  - October 7, 2023 at 12:06 AM
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4. Cassius
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2. Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
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  - October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
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4. Cassius
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2. A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7
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  - August 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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4. Kalosyni
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2. Desiderata 2
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2. Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4
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4. Cassius
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2. Social feelings/actions to not-friends(or strangers, animals) (Philantropy /compassion /sympathy / kindness / charity /) 4
  - Matteng
  - May 17, 2023 at 4:50 AM
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4. Joshua
  May 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM
2. Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30
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4. Don
  February 10, 2023 at 11:02 PM
2. Epicureans On Kingship 15
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  - August 2, 2022 at 10:16 AM
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4. Sid
  October 10, 2022 at 5:11 AM
2. “How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity” 3
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  - Pacatus
  - September 8, 2022 at 6:13 PM
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  September 8, 2022 at 6:54 PM
2. Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36
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  - Godfrey
  - July 17, 2022 at 9:25 PM
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  July 20, 2022 at 8:34 PM
2. Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26
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  - October 1, 2019 at 2:08 PM
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2. Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 2
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  - Don
  - April 30, 2022 at 7:32 AM
  - Don
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2. Identifying And Dealing With Significant Error / Mistakes in Ourselves (and Others)
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  - April 21, 2022 at 9:38 AM
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2. As to the Term "Hedonic Calculus" or the "Calculus of Advantage" 22
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  March 1, 2022 at 12:03 PM
2. Things that happen after we die 7
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4. Don
  February 4, 2022 at 9:54 AM
2. To What Extent Is This Consistent With Epicurean Ethics: "Life is Short - Life Passionately"
  - Cassius
  - October 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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2. Regarding categories | Will to Power: a natural or un-natural desire? 7
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  August 7, 2021 at 10:04 AM
2. Would There Be Benefit In Adapting the "Benjamin Franklin Journaling Model" To Our Discussion of Practical Exercises? 16
  - Cassius
  - July 8, 2021 at 11:07 AM
  - Cassius
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4. A_Gardner
  July 12, 2021 at 12:26 PM
2. New Book by Erler (Würzburg Center): "Epicurus: An Introduction to His Practical Ethics and Politics" 2
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  - Titus
  - June 24, 2021 at 3:39 PM
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4. Don
  June 24, 2021 at 5:33 PM
2. Epicurus On Money, And A Connection With Limits Referenced By A Modern Philosopher 2
  - Cassius
  - June 11, 2021 at 8:29 AM
  - Cassius
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4. Cassius
  June 11, 2021 at 9:42 AM
2. Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics by David Sedley 1
  - Godfrey
  - June 3, 2021 at 4:18 PM
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2. Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14
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2. So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 72
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2. Questions re Pleasure 2
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A Fable on Unattainable Expectations 3

Epicurean Golden Rule? 14

Health of the Body and Happiness of the Soul -vs- "The Goal is Pleasure" 4

Explaining In Summary Form How A Man In Extreme Pain Can Be Said To Be "Happy" 22

Scientific Support for Psychological Hedonism 19

Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205

Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104

If Death Is Nothing To Us, Then Life Is Everything to Us 29

Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13

A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7

Desiderata 2

Ruminations on leading with “Pleasure and Pain as the Guide” v “The Goal is Pleasure” 4

Social feelings/actions to not-friends(or strangers, animals) (Philantropy /compassion /sympathy / kindness / charity /) 4

Is pleasure as the natural goal of life falsifiable? 30

Epicureans On Kingship 15

“How Epicurean Science Saves Humanity” 3

Pleasure, Desire and Limits 36

Are You Epicurean Or Hieronymian? 26

Sedley paper on Plato with interesting Epicurean implications 2

As to the Term "Hedonic Calculus" or the "Calculus of Advantage" 22

Things that happen after we die 7

Regarding categories | Will to Power: a natural or un-natural desire? 7

Would There Be Benefit In Adapting the "Benjamin Franklin Journaling Model" To Our Discussion of Practical Exercises? 16

New Book by Erler (Würzburg Center): "Epicurus: An Introduction to His Practical Ethics and Politics" 2

Epicurus On Money, And A Connection With Limits Referenced By A Modern Philosopher 2

Inferential Foundations of Epicurean Ethics by David Sedley 1

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An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 10

Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14

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Questions re Pleasure 2

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