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    2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5

      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
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    4. waterholic

      December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM

    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

      • Cassius
      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM

    2. Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For An Ideal View of Friendship and Happiness Which Epicureans Reject 8

      • Cassius
      • February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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    4. Bryan

      February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM

    2. Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11

      • Cassius
      • March 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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    4. DavidN

      March 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM

    2. Episode 227 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods 75

      • Cassius
      • June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • August 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM

    2. Episode 259 - Nothing Comes From Nothing 16

      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM

    2. Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3

      • Cassius
      • February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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    4. Bryan

      February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • February 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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    4. Bryan

      March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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    4. Bryan

      March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • April 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • June 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

      • Cassius
      • January 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM

    2. Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

      • Cassius
      • April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    4. Bryan

      April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5

      • Cassius
      • April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM

    2. Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

      • Cassius
      • August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Don

      August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

      • Cassius
      • May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM

    2. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

      • Cassius
      • October 26, 2019 at 4:50 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM
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      April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM

    2. Lucretius Today - Episodes of Special Note 3

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      • January 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM
      • Cassius
      • March 29, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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    4. Joshua

      March 29, 2023 at 7:19 PM

    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

      • Cassius
      • September 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM
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    4. Bryan

      September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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    4. Don

      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    2. An Epicurean Podcast 12

      • Joshua
      • July 5, 2019 at 2:49 PM
      • Joshua
      • July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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    4. Hiram

      July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    2. Episode 166 - The Lucretius Today Podcast Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 46

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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      • December 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 9

      • Rolf
      • June 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM

    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 17

      • Cassius
      • June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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    4. Don

      June 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM

    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

      • Eikadistes
      • June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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      June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM

    2. Superstition and Friday the 13th 6

      • Kalosyni
      • June 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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    2. Epicurean Emporium 9

      • Eikadistes
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