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    2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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

    2. Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7

      • Cassius
      • April 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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      April 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM

    2. Episode 314 - TD41 - Cicero Challenges Epicurus: Can Pleasures Really Overcome Pains? 2

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      • December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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      • December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM

    2. Episode 323 - EATAQ 05 - The Pre-Epicurean View: Three Divisions of Philosophy And Three Divisions of Goods 2

      • Cassius
      • February 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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      • March 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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      March 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM

    2. Episode 306 - TD34 - Is A Life That Is 99 Percent Happy Really Happy? 3

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      • November 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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      • November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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      November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM

    2. Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5

      • Cassius
      • March 28, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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      • April 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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      April 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM

    2. Episode 329 - EATAQ 11 - Cracks In The Academy On Ideal Forms And Virtue Lead To The Emergence of Aristotle, The Stoics, And Epicurus 3

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      • April 11, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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      • April 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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      April 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM

    2. Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6

      • Cassius
      • June 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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    4. Joshua

      June 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM

    2. Episode 305 - TD33 - Shall We Stoically Be A Spectator To Life And Content Ourselves With "Virtue?" 1

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      • October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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      • November 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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      November 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM

    2. Episode 312 - TD39 - Word Games Are No Substitute For Reality 2

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      • December 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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      • December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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      December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM

    2. Episode 315 - TD 42 - Preventing Pain From Destroying Happiness 2

      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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      • January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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      January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM

    2. Episode 307 - TD35 - How The Wise Epicurean Is Always Happy 2

      • Cassius
      • November 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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      • November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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      November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM

    2. Episode 330 - EATAQ 12 - In Contrast With Epicurus, The Stoics Opt For Virtue At Any Cost And Make Controversial Claims About The Senses 2

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      • April 17, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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      • April 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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      April 23, 2026 at 9:08 PM

    2. Episode 318 - TD44 - In the End It Is Pleasure - Not Virtue - That Gives Meaning To A Happy Life 2

      • Cassius
      • January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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      • January 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      January 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM

    2. Episode 304 - TD32 - Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions 1

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      • October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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      • October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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      October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM

    2. Episode 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2

      • Cassius
      • March 14, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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      March 14, 2026 at 11:41 AM

    2. Episode 31 - Continuation of Episode 30, And the Polyaenus Example

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      • August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
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      • August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
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    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics

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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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    2. Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2

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      • March 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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      • March 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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      March 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM

    2. Episode 332 - EATAQ 14 - The Stoic Failure To Grasp That Judgment Never Happens In The Senses 5

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      • May 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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      May 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM

    2. Episode 335 - EATAQ 17 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory 5

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      • May 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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      May 29, 2026 at 11:43 AM

    2. Episode 333 - EATAQ 15 - Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Sensations And The Anticipations 3

      • Cassius
      • May 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM

    2. Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism 3

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      • April 25, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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      • May 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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      May 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM

    2. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1

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      • June 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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      June 25, 2026 at 4:39 PM

    2. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1

      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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      June 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM

    2. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1

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      • June 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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      June 12, 2026 at 10:31 AM

    2. Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3

      • Cassius
      • July 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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      July 2, 2026 at 5:01 AM

    2. Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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      July 10, 2026 at 9:33 AM

    2. Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1

      • Cassius
      • July 14, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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      July 14, 2026 at 10:38 AM

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