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Perspectives On "Proving" That Pleasure is "The Good" 205
- Todd
December 19, 2022 at 4:34 PM - Ethics - General Discussion (and Un-Filed Ethics Threads)
- Todd
November 28, 2023 at 1:28 PM
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Discussion of the Society of Epicurus' 20 Tenets of 12/21/19 174
- Hiram
December 22, 2019 at 12:14 PM - Society of Epicurus
- Hiram
December 9, 2022 at 9:03 PM
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Do Pigs Value Katastematic Pleasure? ( Summer 2022 K / K Discussion) 167
- Don
June 29, 2022 at 11:26 PM - Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
- Don
October 20, 2022 at 11:57 AM
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Happy Birthday General Thread 167
- Cassius
February 10, 2022 at 9:21 AM - Greetings For Holidays, Special Occasions, and Twentieth Greetings
- Cassius
November 19, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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Reverence and Awe In Epicurean Philosophy 164
- Susan Hill
October 23, 2020 at 9:06 AM - Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility
- Susan Hill
January 8, 2021 at 9:06 PM
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Interpretations of PD 10 Discussion 134
- Don
January 16, 2021 at 8:50 AM - PD 10 - If the things that produce the pleasures of profligates...
- Don
January 13, 2022 at 8:39 AM
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Epicurus' Birthday 2023 - (The Most Comprehensive Picture Yet!) 132
- Don
October 10, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Where Is Epicurus In The "School of Athens"? 128
- Cassius
March 11, 2017 at 6:27 PM - "Unsolved Mysteries" of Epicurean History
- Cassius
November 6, 2021 at 11:34 AM
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Glossary - What is the Epicurean Definition of "Pleasure?" 125
- Cassius
January 14, 2020 at 8:03 AM - FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions with Answers And Discussion
- Cassius
January 19, 2020 at 2:00 PM
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Pros and Cons Of Considering Epicurean Philosophy To Be A "Religion" 119
- Cassius
January 22, 2024 at 9:24 AM - Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 8:47 AM
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Toward A Better Understanding of Epicurean Justice And Injustice (With Examples of "Just" and "Unjust") 112
- Don
March 21, 2021 at 9:34 PM - Justice (Including Security And Social Structures)
- Don
November 20, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty Eight - Letter to Menoeceus 5 - Pleasure Part One 109
- Cassius
September 1, 2022 at 10:49 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Cassius
September 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM
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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 - Ethics - General Discussion (and Un-Filed Ethics Threads)
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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Can Determinism Be Reconciled With Epicureanism? (Admin Edit - No, But Let's Talk About Why Not) 101
- waterholic
September 24, 2022 at 8:46 AM - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - The Swerve And Rejection of Determinism
- waterholic
March 3, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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Letter to Menoikeus translation by Peter Saint-Andre 99
- Kalosyni
May 27, 2023 at 9:15 AM - The Letter to Menoeceus
- Kalosyni
July 1, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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From The "Golden Mean" to tbe "Summum Bonum" - Useful or Deceptive Frames of Reference? 98
- Cassius
February 13, 2022 at 5:30 AM - Epicurus vs. Aristotle and The Peripatetics
- Cassius
February 20, 2022 at 8:27 AM
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PD19 And The Meaning Of No "Greater" Pleasure 96
- Cassius
August 11, 2022 at 6:16 AM - PD 19 - Infinite time contains no greater pleasure than limited time...
- Cassius
August 24, 2022 at 2:46 PM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM - General Discussion
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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Epicureanism as the spiritual essence or 'religion' of an entire community 90
- Peter Konstans
September 29, 2023 at 4:14 PM - Gods Have No Attributes Inconsistent With Blessedness and Incorruptibility
- Peter Konstans
February 20, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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New Sedley Chapter On Ancient Greek Atheism 89
- Don
March 19, 2022 at 12:20 AM - Articles Prepared By Professional Academics
- Don
April 16, 2022 at 1:00 PM
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Toward a New Interlinear Gloss of De Rerum Natura 88
- Joshua
May 30, 2021 at 6:33 PM - Versions of the Text of Lucretius
- Joshua
July 1, 2023 at 9:51 PM
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Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82
- Cassius
October 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Cassius
October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM
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2022 Epicurus vs Buddhism Compare and Contrast Thread 81
- Cassius
January 27, 2022 at 4:34 PM - Epicurus vs. Buddha and the Buddhists
- Cassius
August 29, 2024 at 12:30 PM
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The Neglect of Metrodorus’ Economics 81
- Hiram
February 12, 2020 at 6:05 PM - Philodemus On Property Management
- Hiram
February 27, 2020 at 8:10 AM
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Episode 234 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Canonical Basis For the Epicurean View Of Divinity 80
- Cassius
June 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Cassius
July 7, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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Epicurean substitute for prayer 78
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 25, 2020 at 11:52 PM - Epicurean Lifestyle General Discussion
- Mathitis Kipouros
November 18, 2022 at 1:35 PM
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The Notre Dame Fire 78
- Cassius
April 15, 2019 at 4:57 PM - General Discussion
- Cassius
October 28, 2019 at 10:17 PM
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Episode 227 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods 75
- Cassius
May 2, 2024 at 10:37 AM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Cassius
June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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An Epicurean Study of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics 75
- Don
October 7, 2022 at 6:26 PM - General Discussion
- Don
November 9, 2022 at 2:53 PM
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In Epicurean Philosophy Is Suicide (Or voluntary death of any kind) ever warranted? 74
- Don
December 7, 2022 at 7:14 AM - Dealing With Death, Dying, And Old Age
- Don
December 15, 2022 at 9:36 AM
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The Twelve Fundamentals - Discussion on Lucretius Today Podcast 73
- Cassius
June 20, 2022 at 7:54 AM - Twelve Fundamentals of Nature
- Cassius
March 28, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Should Epicurean Philosophy Be Made More Accessible? 73
- Kalosyni
December 30, 2021 at 12:50 PM - General Discussion
- Kalosyni
April 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 72
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM - General Discussion
- burninglights
November 10, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Planning For A Weekly EpicureanFriends Zoom Meeting in 2022 72
- Cassius
December 24, 2021 at 9:59 AM - Studying the Principal Doctrines - Wednesday Night Zoom (Past Event)
- Cassius
February 22, 2022 at 7:57 PM
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Epicureans and the Ancient Greek Gods (Imagery of "Gods" / "Gods Among Men") 70
- Matt
February 12, 2019 at 4:01 PM - General Discussion
- Matt
March 27, 2019 at 6:47 PM
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Is gratitude a katastematic or kinetic pleasure? 69
- burninglights
October 25, 2023 at 10:45 AM - Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
- burninglights
November 4, 2023 at 5:13 PM
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Gosling & Taylor, The Greeks on Pleasure. 69
- Godfrey
June 22, 2020 at 7:15 PM - Videos and Podcasts
- Godfrey
June 30, 2020 at 8:37 AM
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Nate's "Allegory of the Oasis" Graphic 69
- Cassius
December 19, 2018 at 10:56 AM - Technology, Content Creation, Social Media
- Cassius
June 23, 2022 at 12:28 AM
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Wednesday Night Zoom - Focusing On Usener's Epicurea 68
- Kalosyni
March 28, 2024 at 11:05 AM - Wednesday Night Weekly Epicurean Philosophy Discussion Via Zoom
- Kalosyni
November 14, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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Episode 195 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05 67
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 2:47 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Cassius
October 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM
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Issues In The Meaning And Definition of Logic 66
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 17, 2021 at 9:10 AM - Canonics - General Discussion and Navigation
- Mathitis Kipouros
August 27, 2021 at 3:30 PM
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Tactical Question for the Group Re Terminology In Discussing Reason and Logic 66
- Cassius
January 19, 2021 at 10:30 AM - The Priority of Nature Over Reason
- Cassius
January 25, 2021 at 5:49 PM
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What If Anything Has Changed About Human Nature In the Last 2000 Years? 63
- BrainToBeing
January 3, 2024 at 4:48 AM - Epicurean Philosophy vs. "Scientism"
- BrainToBeing
January 27, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Supernatural and the Senses 63
- Matt
January 13, 2022 at 3:05 PM - General Discussion
- Matt
January 16, 2022 at 9:11 AM
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References to Epicurus' Attitude Toward The "Place of the Sciences And Liberal Arts" 63
- Cassius
May 15, 2020 at 9:37 AM - Physics - General Discussion and Navigation
- Cassius
July 28, 2020 at 10:18 AM
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Episode 196 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06 62
- Cassius
October 10, 2023 at 7:02 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
- Cassius
October 17, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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Dead Reddit / The "Isms" Thread 62
- Eikadistes
November 21, 2019 at 5:09 PM - General Discussion
- Eikadistes
December 22, 2019 at 7:08 PM
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Modern Neuroscience And The Katastematic / Kinetic Debate 61
- Don
June 29, 2023 at 2:14 PM - Only Two Feelings - Pleasure and Pain - The Term Pleasure Includes Tranquility, Meaningfulness, Katastematic, Kinetic, Etc.
- Don
July 28, 2023 at 1:31 PM
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"Epicurean Philosophy: An Introduction from the 'Garden of Athens'" edited by Christos Yapijakis 61
- Godfrey
January 9, 2023 at 1:37 AM - Videos and Podcasts
- Godfrey
January 28, 2023 at 1:49 PM
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Threads of Epicureanism in Art and Literature 61
- Joshua
November 24, 2019 at 8:11 PM - Search and Identification of Past Epicureans, Real or Fictional
- Joshua
November 13, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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Evidence of Survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum 1
- kochiekoch
November 20, 2024 at 5:05 PM - General Discussion
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November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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“Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3
- TauPhi
November 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM - General Discussion
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November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 12
- Cassius
November 9, 2024 at 8:07 AM - General Discussion
- Cassius
November 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14
- Julia
October 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
- Julia
November 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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New Slideshow: Nothing Comes From Nothing
- Cassius
November 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM - General Discussion
- Cassius
November 10, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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