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    2. Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

      • Cassius
      • July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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    4. Don

      July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM

    2. Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends

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      • August 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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      • August 25, 2023 at 8:11 AM
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    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 12

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      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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      • July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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      July 18, 2025 at 2:06 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
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      • December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM
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    4. Cassius

      December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM

    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

      • Cassius
      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM

    2. Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For An Ideal View of Friendship and Happiness Which Epicureans Reject 8

      • Cassius
      • February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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      • February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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    4. Bryan

      February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM

    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 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 8

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 30, 2024 at 10:16 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 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11

      • Cassius
      • August 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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      • August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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      August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM

    2. Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9

      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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      • September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM

    2. Episode 258 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Part 2 (Conclusion) 3

      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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      • December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM

    2. Episode 259 - Nothing Comes From Nothing 16

      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM

    2. Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3

      • Cassius
      • February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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      • February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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    4. Bryan

      February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM

    2. Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 7

      • Cassius
      • February 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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      • February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM

    2. Episode 271 - TD01 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations 14

      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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      • March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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    4. Bryan

      March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM

    2. Episode 273 - TD03 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good/ 12

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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      • March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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    4. Bryan

      March 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM

    2. Episode 275 - TD05 - Does Motion Provide Evidence For The Existence of God And Divinity Of The Soul? 14

      • Cassius
      • April 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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      April 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM

    2. Episode 277 - TD07 - Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light - Epicurus Disagrees! 12

      • Cassius
      • April 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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      • April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM

    2. Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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      • August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM

    2. Episode 296 - Ancient Criticisms Of Epicurean "Absence of Pain" Echo In The Modern World 1

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      • August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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      • August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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      August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM

    2. Episode 298 - TD26 - Facts And Feelings In Epicurean Philosophy - Part 1" 20

      • Cassius
      • September 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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      • September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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    4. Don

      September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM

    2. Episode 300 - TD28 - An Epicurean Twist On The Legend of King Canute 2

      • Cassius
      • September 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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      • September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM

    2. Episode 302 - TD30 - Epicurus and Roads Paved With Good Intentions 5

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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      • October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM

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

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      • June 17, 2020 at 3:17 PM
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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

      • Cassius
      • January 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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      • January 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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      January 13, 2024 at 9:25 PM

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

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

      April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5

      • Cassius
      • April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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      • May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM

    2. Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

      • Cassius
      • August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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      • August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Don

      August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM

    2. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

      • Cassius
      • October 26, 2019 at 4:50 PM
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      • April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM
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