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  1. General Information And Discussion - Start Here
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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
  9. Ancient Epicurean Texts (300 BC to 300 AD)
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  11. Comparisons With Non-Epicurean Philosophies
  12. History, Locations, and Customs Relevant to Ancient Epicureans
  13. Epicurean Symbolism in Art, Music, Literature, and Poetry

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

      • Cassius
      • August 25, 2022 at 5:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM
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    4. Don

      September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Nine - The Letter to Menoeceus 06 - Pleasure Part Two 28

      • Cassius
      • September 7, 2022 at 11:42 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 14, 2022 at 8:08 PM
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    4. reneliza

      September 14, 2022 at 8:08 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-Two: The Atoms Are Colorless, But the Implications Are Not 17

      • Cassius
      • August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 25, 2020 at 3:58 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      August 25, 2020 at 3:58 PM

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

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

      January 9, 2022 at 7:07 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-Three - More on The Implications of the Colorless Atoms 21

      • Cassius
      • August 21, 2020 at 5:07 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 28, 2020 at 9:13 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 28, 2020 at 9:13 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

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

      • Cassius
      • February 4, 2022 at 8:31 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2022 at 6:16 AM
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    4. smoothiekiwi

      February 13, 2022 at 6:16 AM

    2. Episode 154 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 10 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 01 50

      • Cassius
      • December 22, 2022 at 10:28 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 4, 2023 at 10:57 AM
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    4. kochiekoch

      January 4, 2023 at 10:57 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Five - The Letter to Menoeceus 02 - On The Nature of the Gods 41

      • Cassius
      • August 8, 2022 at 8:11 AM
      • Cassius
      • August 15, 2022 at 6:11 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 15, 2022 at 6:11 PM

    2. Episode Thirty - Only A Limited Number of Combinations of Atoms Is Possible 21

      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2020 at 11:27 PM
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    4. Don

      August 10, 2020 at 11:27 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Eighteen - Letter to Herodotus 07 - "Images" - There's More To Them Than Meets The Eye 29

      • Don
      • April 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM
      • Don
      • October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 7, 2022 at 8:18 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Seven - Did The Gods Wake Up One Day To Create The Universe? 23

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2021 at 5:35 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 24, 2021 at 11:58 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 24, 2021 at 11:58 AM

    2. Episode 166 - The Lucretius Today Podcast Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 46

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM

    2. Episode 155 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 11 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 02 20

      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2023 at 4:51 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 11, 2023 at 5:41 AM
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    4. Don

      January 11, 2023 at 5:41 AM

    2. Episode 227 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods 75

      • Cassius
      • June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      June 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM

    2. Episode Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18

      • Charles
      • January 11, 2020 at 4:22 PM
      • Charles
      • January 30, 2020 at 7:08 AM
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    4. Cassius

      January 30, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    2. Episode 196 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06 62

      • Cassius
      • October 10, 2023 at 7:02 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 17, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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    4. Don

      October 17, 2023 at 7:11 PM

    2. Episode 195 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05 67

      • Cassius
      • October 6, 2023 at 2:47 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM
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    4. Joshua

      October 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM

    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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    4. Cassius

      October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Four - The Letter to Menoeceus 01- Context and Opening of the Letter 37

      • Cassius
      • August 2, 2022 at 8:50 AM
      • Cassius
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    4. Cassius

      December 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM

    2. Episode Sixty - Dreams and the Mind's Use of Images 34

      • Cassius
      • February 27, 2021 at 9:07 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2021 at 10:39 PM
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      March 3, 2021 at 10:39 PM

    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

      • Cassius
      • October 24, 2020 at 2:48 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 30, 2020 at 9:53 PM
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    2. Episode 234 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Canonical Basis For the Epicurean View Of Divinity 80

      • Cassius
      • July 7, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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      July 7, 2024 at 11:30 AM

    2. Episode Fifty-Five - Reason Is Dependent On The Senses (Part 2) 56

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      • January 23, 2021 at 10:38 AM
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      February 8, 2021 at 7:50 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82

      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM
      • Cassius
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    4. Don

      October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty Eight - Letter to Menoeceus 5 - Pleasure Part One 109

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      • September 1, 2022 at 10:49 PM
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      • September 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM
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    4. DavidN

      September 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM

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    2. Daily life of an ancient Epicurean 9

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    2. ⟐ as the symbol of the philosophy of Epicurus 93

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    2. "All Models Are Wrong, But Some Are Useful" 5

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    2. Analysing movies through an Epicurean lens 16

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    2. Is All Desire Painful? How Would Epicurus Answer? 24

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