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Episode 357 — "A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal Of Skepticism"

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2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
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2. Episode One Hundred Eight - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science 42
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2. Episode One Hundred Seven - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science 8
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2. Episode One Hundred Six - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason 22
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2. Episode One Hundred Five - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus 10
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2. Episode One Hundred Four - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult? 45
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2. Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9
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2. Episode One Hundred Two - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Two 30
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2. Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7
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2. Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7
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2. Episode Ninety-Nine - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two) 22
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2. Episode Ninety-Eight - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One) 15
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2. Episode Ninety-Seven - The Virtues as Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 16
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2. Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good 14
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2. Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20
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2. Episode Ninety-Four: Torquatus Explains Pleasure As the Goal of Life 4
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2. Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1
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2. Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5
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2. Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6
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2. Episode Ninety - Recap Of Atomism In Preparation for Details of Magnetism 17
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2. Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2
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2. Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3
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2. Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5
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2. Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6
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2. Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6
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2. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7
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2. Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2
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2. Popularizing The Lucretius Today Podcast 10
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2. Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5
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2. Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23
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2. Episode Eighty - The Development of Metallurgy And the Art of War 3
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode One Hundred Eight - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science 42

Episode One Hundred Seven - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science 8

Episode One Hundred Six - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason 22

Episode One Hundred Five - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus 10

Episode One Hundred Four - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult? 45

Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9

Episode One Hundred Two - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Two 30

Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7

Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7

Episode Ninety-Nine - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two) 22

Episode Ninety-Eight - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One) 15

Episode Ninety-Seven - The Virtues as Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 16

Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good 14

Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20

Episode Ninety-Four: Torquatus Explains Pleasure As the Goal of Life 4

Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1

Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5

Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6

Episode Ninety - Recap Of Atomism In Preparation for Details of Magnetism 17

Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2

Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3

Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5

Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6

Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6

Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2

Popularizing The Lucretius Today Podcast 10

Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5

Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23

Episode Eighty - The Development of Metallurgy And the Art of War 3

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