Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility

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    2. Under the Sliding Signs of Heaven-Lucretius' Poetic Echoes 2

      • Joshua
      • August 25, 2019 at 2:30 PM
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    2. Hesiod’s Theogony 1

      • Matt
      • January 12, 2019 at 8:05 AM
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    2. A Question About Epicurean Gods

      • Cassius
      • November 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM
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      • November 1, 2018 at 8:52 AM
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    2. An Exchange involving the Ontological Argument For The Existence of a Supernatural God

      • Cassius
      • July 6, 2018 at 6:19 AM
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    2. Article: "Extraterrestrial Life May Look Nothing Like Life On Earth..." (and for our purposes, applying the article to "gods") 31

      • Cassius
      • December 13, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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    4. Bryan

      December 24, 2024 at 5:19 PM

    2. Knowledge of the Gods as "Manifest" 22

      • Cassius
      • December 12, 2022 at 3:57 PM
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      • December 13, 2022 at 12:17 PM
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    4. Don

      December 13, 2022 at 12:17 PM

    2. Applied Theology 5

      • Susan Hill
      • November 3, 2020 at 7:33 AM
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      • November 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM
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      November 3, 2020 at 9:53 AM

    2. Introductory Video on Epicurean Gods and the Three Responses 13

      • Susan Hill
      • October 29, 2020 at 7:07 AM
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      • October 29, 2020 at 10:11 PM
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    4. Don

      October 29, 2020 at 10:11 PM

    2. Other Short Fragments and Testimonia

      • Susan Hill
      • October 28, 2020 at 3:15 PM
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    2. From Cicero 1

      • Susan Hill
      • October 28, 2020 at 10:28 AM
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      • October 28, 2020 at 10:49 AM
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      October 28, 2020 at 10:49 AM

    2. Reverence and Awe In Epicurean Philosophy 164

      • Susan Hill
      • October 23, 2020 at 9:06 AM
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      January 8, 2021 at 9:06 PM

    2. Notes On Non-Religious-Based Objections To Darwin And Their Relation to "Evolution" Sections of Lucretius 3

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2020 at 11:09 AM
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    2. Realism matters 4

      • Cassius
      • December 28, 2019 at 4:34 PM
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      • January 4, 2020 at 3:47 PM
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      January 4, 2020 at 3:47 PM

    2. Are The Gods Part of Orienting Our Minds Toward What Is Important? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM
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      July 24, 2018 at 11:37 AM

    2. The Epicurean Gods As A Standard To Which To Aspire 6

      • Cassius
      • July 13, 2018 at 10:53 AM
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      • July 17, 2018 at 8:32 AM
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      July 17, 2018 at 8:32 AM

    2. A Great Summary With References Of The Epicurean Affirmation Of The Existence of "Gods" 1

      • Cassius
      • July 7, 2018 at 7:07 AM
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      July 7, 2018 at 7:07 AM

    2. Isonomy 13

      • Cassius
      • January 22, 2018 at 1:53 PM
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      • January 23, 2018 at 12:54 PM
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      January 23, 2018 at 12:54 PM

    2. The Argument In Favor of a Supernatural God Based On Alleged Issues With Concept of Infinity

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
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      • November 26, 2017 at 7:30 PM
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    2. A Discussion of Epicurean Concepts of Divinity

      • Cassius
      • May 15, 2016 at 4:51 PM
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    2. Reasonings about Philodemus’ On Piety

      • Hiram
      • May 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM
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