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  8. Epicurean Historical Figures - Biographies of Epicureans from Epicurus To The Present
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    2. Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4

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      • September 19, 2022 at 4:12 PM
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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
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    2. Complete Episode Guide

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    2. Lucretius Today Podcast Interview Questions (Interviews Project Starting 2023) 6

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      • December 16, 2022 at 8:52 AM
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      December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM

    2. Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17

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      • October 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
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    2. Episode 166 - The Lucretius Today Podcast Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 46

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      • March 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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    2. An Epicurean Podcast 12

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      • July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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      July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

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

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      • January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

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      • September 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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      • September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM
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      September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM

    2. Lucretius Today - Episodes of Special Note 3

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    2. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

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      • October 26, 2019 at 4:50 PM
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    2. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

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    2. Episode 260 - The Universe Is Infinite And Eternal And Has No Gods Over It 4

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      • December 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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      • December 24, 2024 at 4:08 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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    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 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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    2. Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!

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

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

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

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    2. Episode 271 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations- TD 01 14

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

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      • February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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    2. Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3

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    2. Episode 259 - Nothing Comes From Nothing 16

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    2. Episode 258 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Part 2 (Conclusion) 3

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    2. Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9

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    2. Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11

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

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

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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 12

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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    2. Epicurean Emporium 9

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

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