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  5. Physics - The Nature of the Universe
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  8. Epicurean Historical Figures - Biographies of Epicureans from Epicurus To The Present
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  12. History, Locations, and Customs Relevant to Ancient Epicureans
  13. Epicurean Symbolism in Art, Music, Literature, and Poetry

    2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5

      • Cassius
      • July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Seven: There Is A Limit To The Size of Atoms 3

      • Cassius
      • July 11, 2020 at 11:23 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Six - The Atoms Are Not Uniform 4

      • Cassius
      • March 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Five - The Swerve Part II - As the Basis of Human Agency 1

      • Cassius
      • July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2

      • Cassius
      • June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM

    2. Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!

      • Cassius
      • June 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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    2. Episode Twenty-Three - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed 1

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM
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      June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Two - Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life 3

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM
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    4. Don

      June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

      • Cassius
      • July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM

    2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM

    2. Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4

      • Cassius
      • July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM

    2. Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

      • Cassius
      • May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM

    2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

      • Cassius
      • April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
      • Cassius
      • May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • April 26, 2020 at 6:09 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM

    2. Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1

      • Cassius
      • April 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      April 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM

    2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

      • Cassius
      • April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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    4. Don

      April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    2. Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

      • Cassius
      • March 29, 2020 at 11:05 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
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    4. Don

      April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM

    2. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

      • Cassius
      • March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM
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    4. Paquin

      July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM

    2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

      • Cassius
      • March 17, 2020 at 6:42 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM

    2. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

      • Cassius
      • March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM

    2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

      • Cassius
      • October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM

    2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM

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

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

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

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

      February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus Against the Platonists / Aristotelians

      • Cassius
      • February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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    2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics

      • Cassius
      • February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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      • February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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    2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2

      • Cassius
      • February 3, 2020 at 8:14 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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      February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    2. Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12

      • Cassius
      • January 26, 2020 at 8:53 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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      July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28

      • Cassius
      • January 11, 2020 at 12:04 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM
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      October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM

    2. Episode One - Venus / Pleasure As Guide of Life 15

      • Cassius
      • January 11, 2020 at 11:58 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM
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    4. Don

      July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM

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    2. Best Lucretius translation? 4

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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 17

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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