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    2. Complete Episode Guide

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      • June 29, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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    2. Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends

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    2. Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4

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    2. Text And Reference Links - Lucretius Today Podcast 9

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      • December 3, 2019 at 10:27 AM
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      June 17, 2022 at 6:19 AM

    2. Episode 246 - Not Yet Recorded 1

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      • September 13, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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      • September 15, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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    2. Episode 245 - Cicero's OTNOTG 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete? 10

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      • September 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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    2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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      • August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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      September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

    2. Episode 243 Cicero's OTNOTG 18 - From "All Sensations Are True" to Reasoning By Similarity And Analogy 9

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      • August 23, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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      • August 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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    2. Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11

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      • August 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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      • August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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      August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM

    2. Episode 241 - Cicero's OTNOTG 16 - A Common Thread Between The Epicurean View Of "The Gods" and "The Good" 36

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      • August 8, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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      • August 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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    2. Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

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      • August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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      • August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Don

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    2. Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM

    2. Episode 238 - Cicero's OTNOTG 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making 10

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      • July 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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      July 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM

    2. Episode 237 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 12 - Isonomia And The Implications of Infinity 34

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM

    2. Episode 236 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 11 - Lucretian Support For Velleius' Views of Epicurean Divinity 4

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      • July 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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      July 11, 2024 at 12:41 PM

    2. Episode 235 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View Of Divinity 5

      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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      August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM

    2. Episode 234 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Canonical Basis For the Epicurean View Of Divinity 80

      • Cassius
      • July 7, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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      July 7, 2024 at 11:30 AM

    2. Episode 233 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism 9

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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      June 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM

    2. Episode 232 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods 3

      • Cassius
      • June 16, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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    4. Remus

      June 16, 2024 at 1:40 PM

    2. Episode 231 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death? 4

      • Cassius
      • June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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    4. Bryan

      June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM

    2. Episode 230 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity 18

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      • May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM

    2. Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7

      • Cassius
      • May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM

    2. Episode 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 8

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM

    2. Episode 227 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods 75

      • Cassius
      • June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM

    2. Episode 226 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Epicurean Section 01 - Introduction 16

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      • April 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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    2. Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5

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      • April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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      • May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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    2. Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure 11

      • Cassius
      • April 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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      • April 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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    2. Episode 223 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undertaking The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey? 7

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      • April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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    4. Titus

      April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM

    2. Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

      • Cassius
      • April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    2. Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6

      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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      • April 7, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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    2. Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6

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      • March 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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      • March 31, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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    2. Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13

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      • March 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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      • April 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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    2. Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7

      • Cassius
      • March 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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      • March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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    2. Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11

      • Cassius
      • March 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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    2. Episode 216 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure? 34

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      • February 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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      • March 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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    2. Episode 215 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness 9

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      • February 14, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For An Ideal View of Friendship and Happiness Which Epicureans Reject 8

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      • February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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      • February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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    2. Episode 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - No One But You Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Disguise Yourselves? 4

      • Cassius
      • January 30, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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    2. Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6

      • Cassius
      • January 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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    2. Episode 211 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images 10

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      • January 20, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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    2. Episode 210 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure 2

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      • January 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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    2. Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For the Truth Rather than Make-Believe 3

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      • December 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM
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    2. Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11

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      • December 22, 2023 at 5:25 AM
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    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

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      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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    2. Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12

      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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      • December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM
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    4. Joshua

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    2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5

      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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    2. Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19

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      • November 26, 2023 at 6:58 AM
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      • December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM
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    2. Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23

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      • November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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    2. Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 15

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      • November 11, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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    4. Joshua

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