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2. Text And Reference Links - Lucretius Today Podcast 9
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2. Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4
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2. Complete Episode Guide
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2. An Epicurean Podcast 12
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2. Episode Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18
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4. Cassius
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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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2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2
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2. Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2
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2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4
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4. Cassius
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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 Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8
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4. Don
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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 Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6
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4. Don
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2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2
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2. Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4
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2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1
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2. Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!
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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
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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-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2
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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 Twenty-Seven: There Is A Limit To The Size of Atoms 3
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2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5
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2. Episode 31 - Continuation of Episode 30, And the Polyaenus Example
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2. Episode Twenty-Nine - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All 8
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2. Episode Thirty-One - Continuation of Episode Thirty / Polyaenus 9
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2. Episode Thirty - Only A Limited Number of Combinations of Atoms Is Possible 21
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2. Episode Thirty-Two: The Atoms Are Colorless, But the Implications Are Not 17
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2. Mocking Epithets 3
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  - Comparing Epicurus With Other Philosophers - General Discussion
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2. Best Lucretius translation? 12
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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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Latest Lucretius Today Podcast: #289 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" | Latest Blog Article: Principle Doctrine XIV - Analyis And Application | Things To Know When First Reading Epicurus: The Epicurean Paradigm Shift | Featured Videos | Community Standards And Posting Policies

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Episodes Of Lucretius Today Available At Archive.org 4

An Epicurean Podcast 12

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

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

Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2

Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1

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

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

Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

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

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

Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2

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

Episode Twenty-Seven: There Is A Limit To The Size of Atoms 3

Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5

Episode Twenty-Nine - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All 8

Episode Thirty-One - Continuation of Episode Thirty / Polyaenus 9

Episode Thirty - Only A Limited Number of Combinations of Atoms Is Possible 21

Episode Thirty-Two: The Atoms Are Colorless, But the Implications Are Not 17

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