The Lucretius Today Podcast

The Lucretius Today Podcast is a weekly panel discussion and presentation of Epicurean philosophy. Each episode of the show has a thread for discussion.

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    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 Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7

      • Cassius
      • April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM

    2. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

      • Cassius
      • March 17, 2021 at 10:01 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 25, 2021 at 8:14 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 25, 2021 at 8:14 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Two - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2) 11

      • Cassius
      • March 12, 2021 at 10:06 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM

    2. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

      • Cassius
      • March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM

    2. Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

      • Cassius
      • March 29, 2020 at 11:05 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
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    4. Don

      April 10, 2020 at 4:30 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 Thirty-Eight: Start of Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell 6

      • Cassius
      • September 26, 2020 at 10:23 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM

    2. Episode Thirty-Five - More Reasons Why The Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense 2

      • Cassius
      • August 30, 2020 at 9:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 15, 2020 at 1:57 PM
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    4. Don

      September 15, 2020 at 1:57 PM

    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 Thirty-Nine - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot 11

      • Cassius
      • September 29, 2020 at 6:08 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM
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    4. Don

      October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-One - Continuation of Episode Thirty / Polyaenus 9

      • Cassius
      • August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2020 at 9:45 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 10, 2020 at 9:45 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-Seven: End of Book Two - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 1

      • Cassius
      • September 14, 2020 at 9:33 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-Six - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 1

      • Cassius
      • September 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2020 at 1:51 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 19, 2020 at 1:51 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 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 Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18

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      • 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 Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

      • Cassius
      • March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM
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    4. Paquin

      July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM

    2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Five - The Swerve Part II - As the Basis of Human Agency 1

      • Cassius
      • July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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      July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2

      • Cassius
      • June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Nine - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All 8

      • Cassius
      • August 2, 2020 at 8:06 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 2, 2020 at 8:06 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

      • Cassius
      • July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Seven: There Is A Limit To The Size of Atoms 3

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      • July 11, 2020 at 11:23 AM
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      • July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM
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      July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Six - The Atoms Are Not Uniform 4

      • Cassius
      • March 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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      March 27, 2023 at 1:05 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Three - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed 1

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM
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      June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Two - Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life 3

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM
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    4. Don

      June 21, 2020 at 11:15 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. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

      • Cassius
      • September 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM
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    4. Bryan

      September 19, 2023 at 11:02 AM

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