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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 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11
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2. Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11
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2. Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure 11
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2. Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11
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2. Episode 269 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence of Pain (All Experience That Is Not Painful) 11
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2. Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11
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2. Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11
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2. An Epicurean Podcast 12
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2. Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12
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2. Episode One Hundred Eleven - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus 12
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2. Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 04 12
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2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 12
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2. Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12
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2. Episode 257 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under Necessity - Part 1 12
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2. Episode 273 - TD03 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good/ 12
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2. Episode 277 - TD07 - Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light - Epicurus Disagrees! 12
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2. Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12
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2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Eight - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 13
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2. Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13
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2. Episode 254 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much As Any Outright Atheist? - Cicero's OTNOTG 29 13
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2. Episode Sixty-Five - Introducing A New Panelist (Don) and Recapping the Opening of Book Five 14
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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 253 - How The "Riddle Of Epicurus" FIts Into the Epicurean View of The Gods - Cicero's OTNOTG 28 14
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2. Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14
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2. Episode 271 - TD01 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations 14
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2. Episode 275 - TD05 - Does Motion Provide Evidence For The Existence of God And Divinity Of The Soul? 14
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode Thirty-Nine - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot 11

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

Episode One Hundred Nine - The Epicurean View of Friendship 11

Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11

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

Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure 11

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

Episode 269 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence of Pain (All Experience That Is Not Painful) 11

Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11

Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11

Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11

An Epicurean Podcast 12

Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12

Episode One Hundred Eleven - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus 12

Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 04 12

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

Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12

Episode 257 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under Necessity - Part 1 12

Episode 273 - TD03 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good/ 12

Episode 277 - TD07 - Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light - Epicurus Disagrees! 12

Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12

Episode One Hundred Forty-Eight - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 13

Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13

Episode 254 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much As Any Outright Atheist? - Cicero's OTNOTG 29 13

Episode Sixty-Five - Introducing A New Panelist (Don) and Recapping the Opening of Book Five 14

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

Episode 253 - How The "Riddle Of Epicurus" FIts Into the Epicurean View of The Gods - Cicero's OTNOTG 28 14

Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14

Episode 271 - TD01 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations 14

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

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