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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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      January 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM

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

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      April 8, 2023 at 7:59 AM

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

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

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

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      April 24, 2021 at 11:58 AM

    2. Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23

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      August 2, 2021 at 10:53 AM

    2. Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23

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      • November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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      November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM

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

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

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

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

    2. Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28

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      October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM

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

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      September 14, 2022 at 8:08 PM

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

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      October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM

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

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      January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM

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

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      January 9, 2022 at 7:07 PM

    2. Episode 176 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 28 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 05 30

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      June 5, 2023 at 8:15 AM

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

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      September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM

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

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      March 3, 2021 at 10:39 PM

    2. Episode 216 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure? 34

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      • February 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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      March 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM

    2. Episode 237 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 12 - Isonomia And The Implications of Infinity 34

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      July 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM

    2. Episode 267 - Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation. 34

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      • January 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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      February 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM

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

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

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    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-One - Proclaiming Epicurus To The World: Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part One) 37

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

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

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      February 13, 2022 at 6:16 AM

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

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      January 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM

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

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      • March 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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    2. Episode 270 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time 48

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