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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 Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1
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2. Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1
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2. Episode Seventy-Five - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible 1
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2. Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2
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2. Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1
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2. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1
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2. Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1
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2. Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1
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2. Episode Sixty-Eight - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 1
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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 Thirty-Seven: End of Book Two - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 1
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2. Episode Seventy-Seven - Formation of Language and Early Societies 1
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2. Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1
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2. Episode Seventy-Nine - The Cause of the Arising of Belief In Gods 1
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2. Episode 296 - Ancient Criticisms Of Epicurean "Absence of Pain" Echo In The Modern World 1
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2. Episode 334 - EATAQ 16 - Further Epicurean Analysis of the Problems With The Stoic "Katalepctic Impression" 15
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2. Episode 301 - TD29 - Epicurus And The Question Of Ends Justifying Means 4
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2. Episode 316 - TD43 - "Happiness Is The Goal Of Life - A Life of Happiness Is A Life Of Pleasure" (Sixth Year Podcast Anniversary) 3
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2. Episode 302 - TD30 - Epicurus and Roads Paved With Good Intentions 5
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2. Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends
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2. Episode 313 - TD40 - Diagnosing When Words Are Empty Of Meaning 4
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2. Episode 311 - Is Pain The Only Reason We Should Be Concerned About Any Aspect Of Death And Dying? 2
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2. Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States 4
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2. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1
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2. Episode 309 - TD37 - The Error of Basing Happiness On The Alleged Divinity Of The Human Mind 3
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2. Outline of Episodes - Serves As An Outline of the Poem As Well!
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2. Episode 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6
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2. Episode 322 - EATAQ 04 - Epicurean Moral Outrage Against Socrates 3
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2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus Against the Platonists / Aristotelians
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2. Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1

Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1

Episode Seventy-Five - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible 1

Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2

Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1

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

Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1

Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1

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

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

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

Episode Seventy-Seven - Formation of Language and Early Societies 1

Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1

Episode Seventy-Nine - The Cause of the Arising of Belief In Gods 1

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

Episode 334 - EATAQ 16 - Further Epicurean Analysis of the Problems With The Stoic "Katalepctic Impression" 15

Episode 301 - TD29 - Epicurus And The Question Of Ends Justifying Means 4

Episode 316 - TD43 - "Happiness Is The Goal Of Life - A Life of Happiness Is A Life Of Pleasure" (Sixth Year Podcast Anniversary) 3

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

Episode 313 - TD40 - Diagnosing When Words Are Empty Of Meaning 4

Episode 311 - Is Pain The Only Reason We Should Be Concerned About Any Aspect Of Death And Dying? 2

Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States 4

Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

Episode 309 - TD37 - The Error of Basing Happiness On The Alleged Divinity Of The Human Mind 3

Episode 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6

Episode 322 - EATAQ 04 - Epicurean Moral Outrage Against Socrates 3

Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7

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