He Who Says Nothing Can Be Known Knows Nothing - Rejection of Skepticism

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    2. Key Citations - Knowledge Is Possible

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      • October 4, 2023 at 7:53 PM
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    2. David Sedley's "Epicurean Theories of Knowledge 1

      • Cassius
      • August 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    2. David Sedley: "Sextus Empiricus And The Atomist Criterion of Truth" 1

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    2. Plato's Meno, the "Eristic Paradox," and the Epicurean Response 3

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    2. Implications and Translations of Variations of Texts Referencing "Appearances" (As In The Size Of The Sun) 5

      • Cassius
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    2. Epicurean Idioms To Be Deciphered - "Against him who places himself with head where his feet should be." 2

      • Cassius
      • October 12, 2020 at 10:34 AM
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    2. Exchange On Knowledge From January 2020 9

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      • January 1, 2020 at 1:40 PM
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    2. Epicurean Knowledge 1

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      • January 2, 2020 at 6:18 AM
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    2. What Is the "Guarantee" That Our Confidence In the Senses Is Well Placed?

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    2. De Lacy - Limit and Variation in Epicurean Philosophy

      • Cassius
      • February 18, 2018 at 8:22 AM
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    2. An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 5

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

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    2. New Slideshow: Nothing Comes From Nothing

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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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