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The Lucretius Today Podcast is a weekly panel discussion and presentation of Epicurean philosophy. Each episode of the show has a thread for discussion.

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Episode 359 — "According To The Skeptics, Why Aim For The Truth When You Can Give Up Trying To Be Right And Never Have To Admit That You're Wrong?"

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2. Episode 360 - EATAQ42 - Continuing in Part 21 of Book 2 of Academic Questions - Not Yet Recorded
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2. Episode 359 - EATAQ41 - According To The Skeptics, Why Aim For The Truth When You Can GIve Up Trying To Be Right And Never Have To Admit That You're Wrong? 11
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2. Episode 358 - EATAQ40 - The Hypocrisy And Darkness of Academic Skepticism 4
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2. Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1
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2. Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4
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2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Seven - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 17
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2. Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11
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2. Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15
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2. Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4
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2. Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2
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2. Episode 349 - EATAQ31 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships and Heaps 2
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2. Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2
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2. Episode 350 - EATAQ32 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life 3
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2. Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth 5
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2. Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False 2
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2. Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy 2
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2. Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2
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2. Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5
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2. Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1
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2. Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1
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2. Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1
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2. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1
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2. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1
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2. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1
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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
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Current Series - Summarizing Epicurean Answers to Academic Questions 17

Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4

Text And Reference Links - Lucretius Today Podcast 9

Episode 359 - EATAQ41 - According To The Skeptics, Why Aim For The Truth When You Can GIve Up Trying To Be Right And Never Have To Admit That You're Wrong? 11

Episode 358 - EATAQ40 - The Hypocrisy And Darkness of Academic Skepticism 4

Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1

Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4

Episode One Hundred Twenty-Seven - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 17

Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11

Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15

Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4

Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2

Episode 349 - EATAQ31 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships and Heaps 2

Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2

Episode 350 - EATAQ32 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life 3

Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth 5

Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False 2

Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy 2

Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2

Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5

Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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