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What if the Epicureans had prevailed?

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What if the Epicureans had prevailed?
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RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed?
November 21, 2013 at 4:20 am



Epicureanism would have never prevailed. Epicureanism is fundamentally a satisficing with the pragmatics of what is real. People will always prefer a confident certainty to a qualified pragmatism. It was simply a non starter.
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What if the Epicureans had prevailed?

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What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by Lemonvariable72 - November 21, 2013 at 1:43 am
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by Minimalist - November 21, 2013 at 3:06 am
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by Angrboda - November 21, 2013 at 4:20 am
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2013 at 1:17 pm
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by Lemonvariable72 - November 23, 2013 at 12:58 pm
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by Anomalocaris - November 23, 2013 at 6:59 pm
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by xpastor - November 24, 2013 at 12:19 pm
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by xpastor - November 23, 2013 at 2:24 pm
RE: What if the Epicureans had prevailed? - by EgoRaptor - November 24, 2013 at 8:11 pm

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