The Lucretius Today Podcast

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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    2. Complete Episode Guide

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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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    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics

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    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus Against the Platonists / Aristotelians

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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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    2. Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!

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    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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    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. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

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    2. Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1

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    2. Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1

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    2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

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    2. Episode Twenty-Three - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed 1

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    2. Episode Twenty-Five - The Swerve Part II - As the Basis of Human Agency 1

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    2. Episode Thirty-Six - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 1

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    2. Episode Thirty-Seven: End of Book Two - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Two - The Mind works through the senses; it is a relatively small part of the body; the Mind has more power than the "spirit," but both mind and spirit are mortal 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Three - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Four - The Mind Cannot Continue to Exist Separately From The Body After Death 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Six - Conclusion of the Argument That the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1

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    2. Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1

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    2. Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1

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    2. Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1

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    2. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

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    2. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1

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    2. Episode Sixty-Eight - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 1

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    2. Episode Sixty-Nine - The End of Our World 1

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    2. Episode Seventy-Four - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth 1

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