PD 01 - The blessed and immortal nature knows no trouble itself ...

The blessed and immortal nature knows no trouble itself, nor causes trouble to any other, so that it is never constrained by anger or favor. For all such things exist only in the weak.

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    2. General Commentary - Doctrine 1 2

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    2. Best Translaton Of PDO1 To Feature At EpicureanFriends? 38

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    2. Gratitude and Weakness (Especially In Relation to the Gods) 59

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    2. Alternate Translations 11

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    2. How Blessed and Imperishable Are Used in the Bible 8

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    2. Blessed and Imperishable? 23

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    2. Visualizing Principal Doctrine One 3

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    2. Graphics for PD1 5

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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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    2. Discussion of New Substack Article: "A Gate To Be Burst: Absence of Pain" 29

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