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    2. Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

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      • April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    4. Bryan

      April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 230 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity 18

      • Cassius
      • May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM

    2. Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 15

      • Cassius
      • November 11, 2023 at 1:46 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM
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    4. Joshua

      November 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM

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

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

      July 2, 2022 at 3:37 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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    4. Paquin

      July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Eight - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One) 15

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2021 at 1:51 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 16, 2021 at 11:50 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      December 16, 2021 at 11:50 AM

    2. Episode 188 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 03 20

      • Cassius
      • August 17, 2023 at 9:43 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 24, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 24, 2023 at 8:06 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2021 at 9:33 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM
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    4. Bryan

      April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM

    2. Episode Fifty-Eight - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images 24

      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2021 at 10:07 AM
      • Cassius
      • May 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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    4. Julia

      May 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Five - Part 01 (Chapter 1 of Epicurus And His Philosophy) 17

      • Cassius
      • October 16, 2022 at 8:17 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 2, 2022 at 8:58 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 2, 2022 at 8:58 PM

    2. Episode Ninety - Recap Of Atomism In Preparation for Details of Magnetism 17

      • Cassius
      • September 23, 2021 at 9:54 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Seven - The Virtues as Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 16

      • Cassius
      • November 15, 2021 at 7:39 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM
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    4. Don

      December 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Seventeen - Letter to Herodotus 06 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications 15

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM
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    4. Don

      April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM

    2. Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One 10

      • Cassius
      • January 10, 2023 at 12:58 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM

    2. Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2023 at 6:58 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM
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    4. Cassius

      December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM

    2. Episode Thirty-Four - The Atoms Do Not Possess A Faculty of Sensation 18

      • Cassius
      • August 29, 2020 at 12:41 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 2, 2020 at 11:58 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 2, 2020 at 11:58 AM

    2. Episode 197 -LucretiusToday Interviews Dr. Marcelo Boeri 22

      • Cassius
      • October 22, 2023 at 7:36 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 25, 2023 at 3:52 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 25, 2023 at 3:52 PM

    2. Episode 299 - TD27 - Was Epicurus Right That There Are Only Two Feelings - Pleasure And Pain? 23

      • Cassius
      • September 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Fifteen - Letter to Herodotus 04 - Atoms, Void, and Basic Epistemology Issues 15

      • Cassius
      • March 26, 2022 at 8:13 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 1, 2022 at 7:40 AM
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    4. Don

      April 1, 2022 at 7:40 AM

    2. Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21

      • Cassius
      • September 3, 2023 at 9:36 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 17, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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    4. Don

      September 17, 2023 at 4:13 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM

    2. Episode 168 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01 22

      • Cassius
      • March 31, 2023 at 3:17 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 8, 2023 at 7:59 AM
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    4. Don

      April 8, 2023 at 7:59 AM

    2. Episode 151 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 07 - "The New School In Athens" 20

      • Cassius
      • December 3, 2022 at 3:36 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2022 at 7:27 AM
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    4. Don

      December 11, 2022 at 7:27 AM

    2. Episode Fifty-One - The Workings of Images 17

      • Cassius
      • December 24, 2020 at 2:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM
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    4. Elayne

      January 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Six - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason 22

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      • January 20, 2022 at 6:45 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM
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    4. Joshua

      January 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM

    2. Episode 249 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 - Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness? 29

      • Cassius
      • October 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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    4. Bryan

      January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM

    2. Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17

      • Cassius
      • October 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Nine - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two) 22

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      • December 2, 2021 at 4:05 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM

    2. Episode 241 - Cicero's OTNOTG 16 - A Common Thread Between The Epicurean View Of "The Gods" and "The Good" 36

      • Cassius
      • August 8, 2024 at 6:17 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20

      • Cassius
      • November 5, 2021 at 9:35 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 13, 2021 at 6:29 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 13, 2021 at 6:29 PM

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