The Lucretius Today Podcast

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  1. General Information And Discussion - Start Here
  2. Private Section - Includes Level 03 And Above Discussions and 20th Zoom Meeting
  3. The Lucretius Today Podcast and other Projects
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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. Text And Reference Links - Lucretius Today Podcast 9

      • Cassius
      • December 3, 2019 at 10:27 AM
      • Cassius
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    4. Don

      June 17, 2022 at 6:19 AM

    2. Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4

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      • 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. Complete Episode Guide

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    2. An Epicurean Podcast 12

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      • July 5, 2019 at 2:49 PM
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      • July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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      July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    2. What Kinds Of Podcasts Should We Target First? 3

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      • July 29, 2019 at 10:38 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 11, 2021 at 9:31 AM

    2. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

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      • October 26, 2019 at 4:50 PM
      • Cassius
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    2. Episode One - Venus / Pleasure As Guide of Life 15

      • Cassius
      • January 11, 2020 at 11:58 AM
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      • July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM
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    4. Don

      July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM

    2. Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28

      • Cassius
      • January 11, 2020 at 12:04 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM

    2. Episode Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18

      • Charles
      • January 11, 2020 at 4:22 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 30, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    2. Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12

      • Cassius
      • January 26, 2020 at 8:53 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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    4. Paquin

      July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2

      • Cassius
      • February 3, 2020 at 8:14 PM
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      • February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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      February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics

      • Cassius
      • 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

      • Cassius
      • February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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    2. Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2

      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM
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      • February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM
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      February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    2. Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7

      • Cassius
      • February 19, 2020 at 5:23 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
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      July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM

    2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

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      • February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
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      July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM

    2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

      • Cassius
      • October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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      October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM

    2. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

      • Cassius
      • March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
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      • July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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      July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM

    2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

      • Cassius
      • March 17, 2020 at 6:42 AM
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      • March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
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      March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM

    2. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

      • Cassius
      • March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
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    2. Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

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      • March 29, 2020 at 11:05 AM
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      • April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
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    4. Don

      April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM

    2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

      • Cassius
      • April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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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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      • April 26, 2020 at 6:09 AM
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    2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

      • Cassius
      • April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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    2. Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

      • Cassius
      • May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM
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    2. Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4

      • Cassius
      • July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM
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    2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

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    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

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    2. Episode Twenty-Two - Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life 3

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM
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