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    2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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      • August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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      September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

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

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      • July 22, 2022 at 9:52 PM
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      July 22, 2022 at 9:52 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Seven - The Letter to Menoeceus 04 - On Death (Part Two) 33

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      • August 25, 2022 at 5:27 PM
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    4. Don

      September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Six - The Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One) 10

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      • August 15, 2022 at 9:06 PM
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      August 23, 2022 at 4:11 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6

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

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      • December 31, 2021 at 11:02 PM
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      January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7

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      • January 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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    4. Bryan

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    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty - Letter to Herodotus 09 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility 10

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      • April 30, 2022 at 9:46 AM
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    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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    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Four - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars 5

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      • June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
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      June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Nine - Letter to Pythocles 03 - The Implications Of the Epicurean Position On The Size of the Sun 17

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      • July 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM
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      July 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-One - Letter to Herodotus 11 - Atoms, The Soul, And Those Who Are Well Disposed Towards Us 4

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      • May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
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      May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Seven - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 16

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      • July 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM
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    4. Martin

      July 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Six - Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction - On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy 9

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      • June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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      June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Three: Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time 10

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      • October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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      October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7

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      • May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM
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      May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM

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

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      • December 25, 2021 at 9:42 AM
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      January 9, 2022 at 7:07 PM

    2. Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7

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      • February 19, 2020 at 5:23 PM
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      • July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
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      July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM

    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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    2. Episode Seventy - More On The End of The World 2

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      • May 15, 2021 at 8:04 PM
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      May 15, 2021 at 8:04 PM

    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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    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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      • June 8, 2021 at 9:16 PM
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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-One - The Formation Of the World (Our Part of the Universe) 20

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      • May 20, 2021 at 7:33 AM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Seven - Formation of Language and Early Societies 1

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    2. Episode Seventy-Six - The Rise of Humans and Early Human Society 5

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      • June 28, 2021 at 5:28 PM
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      June 28, 2021 at 5:28 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Three - More on The Sun, The Moon, And Related Astronomical Questions 5

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      • June 7, 2021 at 4:58 PM
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      June 7, 2021 at 4:58 PM

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

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      • May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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      May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    2. Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2

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      • February 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM
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      February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    2. Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1

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      • April 26, 2020 at 6:09 AM
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