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 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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      • August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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      September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

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

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      • February 27, 2021 at 9:07 AM
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      • March 3, 2021 at 10:39 PM
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      March 3, 2021 at 10:39 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Eight - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 1

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      • April 19, 2021 at 11:32 AM
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      • April 27, 2021 at 9:48 PM
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      April 27, 2021 at 9:48 PM

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

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      • March 30, 2021 at 9:33 PM
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      April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM

    2. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1

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      • March 25, 2021 at 8:18 PM
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      March 30, 2021 at 9:10 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Nine - The End of Our World 1

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      • April 27, 2021 at 10:22 PM
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      • May 8, 2021 at 1:01 PM
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      May 8, 2021 at 1:01 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-One - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 5

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      • March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM

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

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      • April 11, 2021 at 5:35 PM
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      • April 24, 2021 at 11:58 AM
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      April 24, 2021 at 11:58 AM

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

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      • April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

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

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

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      • March 12, 2021 at 10:06 AM
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      • 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

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

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

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

    2. Episode Thirty - Only A Limited Number of Combinations of Atoms Is Possible 21

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      • 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

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

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

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      • August 30, 2020 at 9:27 PM
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      • September 15, 2020 at 1:57 PM
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      September 15, 2020 at 1:57 PM

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

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

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      • September 29, 2020 at 6:08 PM
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      • October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM
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      October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM

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

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

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      • September 14, 2020 at 9:33 AM
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    2. Episode Thirty-Six - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 1

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      • September 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM
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      • September 19, 2020 at 1:51 PM
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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
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    2. Episode Thirty-Two: The Atoms Are Colorless, But the Implications Are Not 17

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      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 30, 2020 at 7:08 AM

    2. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

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

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      • May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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    2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5

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

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

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      • July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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    2. Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2

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      • June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM
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      June 27, 2020 at 9:18 AM

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

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      • August 2, 2020 at 8:06 PM
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    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

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      • July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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