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    2. Episode 316 - "Nothing Good But Pleasure" To Be Recorded (Sixth Year Podcast Anniversary) 2

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      • January 10, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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      January 10, 2026 at 8:20 AM

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

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      • April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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      April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM

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

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      • April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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      May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM

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

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      • July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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      • July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    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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      • November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM
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      November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM

    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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      December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4

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      • December 11, 2020 at 10:09 PM
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      • December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM
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    4. Don

      December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    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-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3

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      • January 16, 2021 at 8:01 AM
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      • January 17, 2021 at 1:05 PM
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      January 17, 2021 at 1:05 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Two - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2) 11

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      • March 12, 2021 at 10:06 AM
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      • March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7

      • Cassius
      • May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    2. Episode Seventy-Eight - Ethical Issues Arising In The Formation of Societies 2

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      • July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM
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      July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82

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      • October 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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    4. Don

      October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8

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      • February 19, 2022 at 2:51 PM
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      • February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM
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    4. Joshua

      February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Seventeen - Letter to Herodotus 06 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications 15

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      • April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM
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    4. Don

      April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Eighteen - Letter to Herodotus 07 - "Images" - There's More To Them Than Meets The Eye 29

      • Don
      • April 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Five - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Completion of the Letter 2

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      • June 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM
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      June 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode 128 - The Twelve Fundamentals of Physics 1

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      • July 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM
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      July 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Five - Part 01 (Chapter 1 of Epicurus And His Philosophy) 17

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      • October 16, 2022 at 8:17 PM
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      November 2, 2022 at 8:58 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Seven - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 15

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      • November 3, 2022 at 9:24 AM
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      November 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM

    2. Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One 10

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      • January 10, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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    2. Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6

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      • April 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM
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      November 18, 2023 at 5:52 PM

    2. Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7

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      • July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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      July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM

    2. Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

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      • July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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    4. Don

      July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM

    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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    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 12

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      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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      July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM

    2. Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19

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      • November 26, 2023 at 6:58 AM
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    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

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      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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      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

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      • February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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    4. Bryan

      February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM

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

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      • June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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