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 EpicureanFriends was established in 2015 by a group of friends interested in the study of Epicurus freed from the intrusion of contemporary politics, Stoicism, Platonism, Humanism, and other "isms" with which many seek to combine it. At EpicureanFriends, we focus on the fundamentals of life as Epicurus taught them himself: EpicureanFriends was established in 2015 by a group of friends interested in the study of Epicurus freed from the intrusion of contemporary politics, Stoicism, Platonism, Humanism, and other "isms" with which many seek to combine it. At EpicureanFriends, we focus on the fundamentals of life as Epicurus taught them himself:
  
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-===== The Epicurean Worldview: A New Paradigm For The Best Life ===== +===== The Epicurean Worldview: A Revolutionary Paradigm For The Best Life =====
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 Epicurus is well known for his advocacy of "pleasure" as the focus of life, but what Epicurus meant by "pleasure" has been disputed for 2000 years. The truth is that Epicurus held a very expansive definition of pleasure that his detractors refused to admit. Simply put, Epicurus held that Nature gives us only two feelings by which to determine what to choose and what to avoid, that those two feelings are pleasure and pain, and that if you are aware of feeling anything at all you are feeling //one of the two//. Epicurus is well known for his advocacy of "pleasure" as the focus of life, but what Epicurus meant by "pleasure" has been disputed for 2000 years. The truth is that Epicurus held a very expansive definition of pleasure that his detractors refused to admit. Simply put, Epicurus held that Nature gives us only two feelings by which to determine what to choose and what to avoid, that those two feelings are pleasure and pain, and that if you are aware of feeling anything at all you are feeling //one of the two//.
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 The following list is a sample of what you can do here at EpicureanFriends. Our forum and all other study materials are dedicated exclusively to the study of Epicurus from the perspective of Classical Epicurean Philosophy, which means we are committed to promoting truly Epicurean rather than "Neo-Epicurean" ideas. The following list is a sample of what you can do here at EpicureanFriends. Our forum and all other study materials are dedicated exclusively to the study of Epicurus from the perspective of Classical Epicurean Philosophy, which means we are committed to promoting truly Epicurean rather than "Neo-Epicurean" ideas.
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 To get the most benefit from your time here: To get the most benefit from your time here:
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