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Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6
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Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7
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Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8
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Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7
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Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends
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Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 12
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Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21
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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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Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5
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December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7
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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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Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11
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Episode 227 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods 75
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May 2, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Episode 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 8
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May 10, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Episode 230 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity 18
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May 23, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11
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Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9
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Episode 258 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Part 2 (Conclusion) 3
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Episode 259 - Nothing Comes From Nothing 16
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November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3
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February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 7
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Episode 271 - TD01 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations 14
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Episode 273 - TD03 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good/ 12
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March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Episode 275 - TD05 - Does Motion Provide Evidence For The Existence of God And Divinity Of The Soul? 14
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Episode 277 - TD07 - Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light - Epicurus Disagrees! 12
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April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9
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July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!
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Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1
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Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10
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Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5
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April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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Grumphism? LOL
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August 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM - Uncategorized Discussion (General)
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Beyond Stoicism (2025) 20
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August 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM - Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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Immutability of Epicurean school in ancient times 11
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July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM - Uncategorized Discussion (General)
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Recorded Statements of Metrodorus 11
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July 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM - Hermarchus
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