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  2. Private Section - Includes Level 03 And Above Discussions and 20th Zoom Meeting
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  5. Physics - The Nature of the Universe
  6. Canonics - The Tests of Truth: The Five Senses, Anticipations, and Feelings of Pleasure and Pain
  7. Ethics - How to Live As An Epicurean
  8. Epicurean Historical Figures - Biographies of Epicureans from Epicurus To The Present
  9. Ancient Epicurean Texts (300 BC to 300 AD)
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  11. Comparisons With Non-Epicurean Philosophies
  12. History, Locations, and Customs Relevant to Ancient Epicureans
  13. Epicurean Symbolism in Art, Music, Literature, and Poetry

    2. Complete Episode Guide

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      • June 29, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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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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      • April 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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      April 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM

    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

    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics

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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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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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      • 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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      • June 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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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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      • 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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      • August 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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      • August 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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    2. Episode 286 - Not Yet Recorded

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      • June 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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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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      • April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM
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    2. Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1

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      • April 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM
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    2. Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1

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      • April 26, 2020 at 6:09 AM
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      • April 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM
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    2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

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      • May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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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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      • June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM
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      June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM

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

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      • July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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      July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM

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

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      • September 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM
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      • September 19, 2020 at 1:51 PM
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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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      • September 14, 2020 at 9:33 AM
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      • September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM
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      September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM

    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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      • October 24, 2020 at 2:48 PM
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    2. Episode Forty-Three - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 1

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      • October 30, 2020 at 10:12 PM
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      • November 7, 2020 at 9:55 AM
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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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      • November 7, 2020 at 11:02 AM
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    2. Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1

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      • November 13, 2020 at 8:05 PM
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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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      • November 21, 2020 at 12:06 PM
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      • November 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM
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    2. Episode Forty-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1

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      • December 5, 2020 at 9:19 AM
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      • December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM
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    2. Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1

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      • January 2, 2021 at 11:59 AM
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    2. Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1

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      • January 9, 2021 at 8:48 AM
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      • January 16, 2021 at 6:44 PM
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    2. Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1

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      • January 25, 2021 at 4:58 PM
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      • February 6, 2021 at 6:39 PM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

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      • March 17, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1

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      • March 25, 2021 at 8:18 PM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Eight - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 1

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      • April 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Nine - The End of Our World 1

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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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