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    2. History and Culture of Early Epicureans: Ancient Greece and Rome 62

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      January 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM

    2. A "Bread and Water" Question 3

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      • September 1, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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      January 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM

    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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    4. Cassius

      December 12, 2024 at 3:00 PM

    2. Comments on Greek Monetary Units 18

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      • November 30, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. Roman Fishponds

      • Cassius
      • November 29, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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    2. Evidence of Survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum 1

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      • November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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    4. Don

      November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM

    2. An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 12

      • Cassius
      • November 9, 2024 at 8:07 AM
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      • November 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM

    2. Acts 17: 16-34 - Who said what? 2

      • Don
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      October 31, 2024 at 11:01 AM

    2. Video: Ancient Greek Society and Religion

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      • October 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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    2. Festivals in Ancient Greece 1

      • Kalosyni
      • September 20, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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      • September 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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      September 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM

    2. Epicureanism During the Middle Ages 2

      • Kalosyni
      • September 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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      September 20, 2024 at 6:36 AM

    2. Roman Glass Reconstructions Available 3

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      • September 5, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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      • September 14, 2024 at 5:43 AM
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      September 14, 2024 at 5:43 AM

    2. "Kepos" - Greek Mythology and Epicurus' Garden Name 19

      • Kalosyni
      • May 18, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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      May 18, 2024 at 9:09 AM

    2. Roman Dodecahedrons 2

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      • January 29, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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      January 30, 2024 at 11:41 AM

    2. Epicurean Food Trivia - Garum? 9

      • Cassius
      • February 23, 2021 at 7:03 AM
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      • January 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      January 10, 2024 at 4:26 PM

    2. Updated TimeTable of the Epicurean World 25

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      • November 4, 2023 at 3:45 PM
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      • November 6, 2023 at 8:11 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      November 6, 2023 at 8:11 PM

    2. Roman History 1

      • Kalosyni
      • September 13, 2023 at 10:20 AM
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      • September 13, 2023 at 10:31 AM
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      September 13, 2023 at 10:31 AM

    2. Battle of Marathon

      • Joshua
      • September 12, 2023 at 7:24 PM
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    2. Let's Make a List of 1) Major Causes of the Decline of Epicurean Philosophy after Lucretius and 2) The Obstacles to its Revival Through Today 21

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      • August 25, 2023 at 2:20 PM
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      August 25, 2023 at 2:20 PM

    2. Delphic Maxims from an Epicurean Perspective 2

      • Don
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      June 21, 2023 at 9:03 PM

    2. Quotes that can be epicurean in Ancient Plays 2

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      • June 14, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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      June 14, 2023 at 12:59 PM

    2. Maza Experiment - Successes? and Failures! 7

      • Don
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      • September 18, 2022 at 9:26 AM
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    4. Joshua

      September 18, 2022 at 9:26 AM

    2. Epicurus and the Pleasure of the Stomach 4

      • Kalosyni
      • August 16, 2022 at 3:02 PM
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    4. Godfrey

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    2. Ancient Greek Festivals and Rites 2

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    2. Epicurean Communities of the Ancient World 3

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    2. Sickness and Health in the Ancient World

      • Don
      • February 20, 2021 at 12:36 PM
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    2. Epicurean Emporium 5

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    2. Plato's Timaeus vs. On Nature, Book 14 26

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    2. Ancient Greek Numbering System 1

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    2. Pompeii Then and Now 6

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    2. (Diderot) Denis - "Epicureism, or Epicurism", Vol. 5 of The Encyclopedia 5

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