The Lucretius Today Podcast

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    2. Complete Episode Guide

      • Cassius
      • June 29, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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    2. Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4

      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2022 at 4:12 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM

    2. Text And Reference Links - Lucretius Today Podcast 9

      • Cassius
      • December 3, 2019 at 10:27 AM
      • Cassius
      • June 17, 2022 at 6:19 AM
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    4. Don

      June 17, 2022 at 6:19 AM

    2. Episode 288 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief?" Not Yet Recorded 5

      • Cassius
      • June 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM

    2. Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM

    2. Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2

      • Cassius
      • June 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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    4. Patrikios

      June 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM

    2. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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    4. Don

      June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM

    2. Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2

      • Cassius
      • June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM

    2. Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7

      • Cassius
      • June 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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    4. DaveT

      June 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM

    2. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

      • Cassius
      • May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM

    2. Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6

      • Cassius
      • May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM

    2. Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3

      • Cassius
      • May 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM

    2. Episode 279 - TD10 - On "Dying Before One's Time" 2

      • Cassius
      • May 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM

    2. Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4

      • Cassius
      • April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
      • Cassius
      • May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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      May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM

    2. Episode 277 - TD07 - Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light - Epicurus Disagrees! 12

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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      • April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM

    2. Episode 276 - TD06 - Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul? 3

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM

    2. Episode 275 - TD05 - Does Motion Provide Evidence For The Existence of God And Divinity Of The Soul? 14

      • Cassius
      • April 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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      April 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM

    2. Episode 274 - TD04 - Is The Soul Held Down By The Body, And Does Death Allow The Soul To Ascend To A Better Place? 2

      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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      April 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM

    2. Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4

      • Cassius
      • March 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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      March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 273 - TD03 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good/ 12

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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      • March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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    4. Bryan

      March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM

    2. Episode 271 - TD01 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations 14

      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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      March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM

    2. Episode 270 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time 48

      • Cassius
      • February 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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    2. Episode 269 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence of Pain (All Experience That Is Not Painful) 11

      • Cassius
      • February 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM

    2. Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 7

      • Cassius
      • February 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM

    2. Episode 267 - Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation. 34

      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM

    2. Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3

      • Cassius
      • February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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      • February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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    4. Bryan

      February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM

    2. Episode 265 - The Deep-Set Boundary Stone - Epicurus and The Perils of Applying the Principles of Geometry to Ethical Philosophy 3

      • Cassius
      • January 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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      • January 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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      January 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM

    2. Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism" 4

      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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    4. Don

      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    2. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

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      • January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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      • January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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    2. Episode 249 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 - Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness? 29

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      • October 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 12

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    2. Philodemus' "On Anger" - General - Texts and Resources 19

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

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    2. New Blog Post From Elli - " Fanaticism and the Danger of Dogmatism in Political and Religious Thought: An Epicurean Reading"

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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