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Episode 357 — "A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal Of Skepticism"

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2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
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2. Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2
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2. Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy 2
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2. Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False 2
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2. Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth 5
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2. Episode 349 - EATAQ31 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships and Heaps 2
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2. Episode 350 - EATAQ32 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life 3
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2. Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2
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2. Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4
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2. Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2
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2. Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15
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2. Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11
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2. Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4
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2. Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1
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2. Episode 358 - EATAQ40 - Continuing in Part 18 of Book 2 of Academic Questions
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2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6
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2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2
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2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5
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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-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1
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2. Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4
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2. Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1
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2. Episode Fifty-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3
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2. Episode Seventy-Eight - Ethical Issues Arising In The Formation of Societies 2
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2. Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82
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2. Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8
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2. Episode One Hundred Seventeen - Letter to Herodotus 06 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications 15
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2. Episode One Hundred Eighteen - Letter to Herodotus 07 - "Images" - There's More To Them Than Meets The Eye 29
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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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2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Five - Part 01 (Chapter 1 of Epicurus And His Philosophy) 17
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2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Seven - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 15
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2

Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy 2

Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False 2

Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth 5

Episode 349 - EATAQ31 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships and Heaps 2

Episode 350 - EATAQ32 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life 3

Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2

Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4

Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2

Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15

Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11

Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4

Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1

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

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

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

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

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

Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4

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

Episode Fifty-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3

Episode Seventy-Eight - Ethical Issues Arising In The Formation of Societies 2

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

Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8

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

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

Episode One Hundred Twenty-Five - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Completion of the Letter 2

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

Episode One Hundred Forty-Seven - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 15

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