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    2. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

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      • May 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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    2. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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      • January 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

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    2. Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 02 1

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    2. Episode 170 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 23 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 03 1

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    2. Episode 165 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01 1

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    2. Episode 164 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 18 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 05 1

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    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1

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    2. Episode 128 - The Twelve Fundamentals of Physics 1

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

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      • October 17, 2021 at 8:57 AM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Nine - The Cause of the Arising of Belief In Gods 1

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      • July 16, 2021 at 7:20 AM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Seven - Formation of Language and Early Societies 1

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      • July 2, 2021 at 3:44 PM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Five - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible 1

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      • June 17, 2021 at 9:20 PM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Four - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth 1

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    2. Episode Sixty-Nine - The End of Our World 1

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      • April 27, 2021 at 10:22 PM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Eight - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 1

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      • April 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1

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      • March 25, 2021 at 8:18 PM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

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    2. Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1

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    2. Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1

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    2. Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Six - Conclusion of the Argument That the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Four - The Mind Cannot Continue to Exist Separately From The Body After Death 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Three - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 1

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    2. Episode Forty-Two - The Mind works through the senses; it is a relatively small part of the body; the Mind has more power than the "spirit," but both mind and spirit are mortal 1

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    2. Episode Thirty-Seven: End of Book Two - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 1

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    2. Episode Thirty-Six - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 1

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