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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 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6
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2. Episode 318 - TD44 - In the End It Is Pleasure - Not Virtue - That Gives Meaning To A Happy Life 2
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2. Episode 319 - EATAQ 01 - Epicurean Answers To Academic Questions - Is the Key To Happiness Found In Supernatural Causes and Geometry? 8
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2. Episode 320 - EATAQ 02 - Are the Good of A Sheep And The Good of A Man The Same? 2
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2. Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11
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2. Episode 322 - EATAQ 04 - Epicurean Moral Outrage Against Socrates 3
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2. Episode 323 - EATAQ 05 - The Pre-Epicurean View: Three Divisions of Philosophy And Three Divisions of Goods 2
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2. Episode 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2
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2. Episode 325 - EATAQ 07 - The False Platonic Division of The Universe Into A Force Which Causes And That Which The Force Acts Upon 3
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2. Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2
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2. Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5
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2. Episode 329 - EATAQ 11 - Cracks In The Academy On Ideal Forms And Virtue Lead To The Emergence of Aristotle, The Stoics, And Epicurus 3
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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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2. Episode 330 - EATAQ 12 - In Contrast With Epicurus, The Stoics Opt For Virtue At Any Cost And Make Controversial Claims About The Senses 2
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2. Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism 3
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2. Episode 332 - EATAQ 14 - The Stoic Failure To Grasp That Judgment Never Happens In The Senses 5
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2. Episode 333 - EATAQ 15 - Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Sensations And The Anticipations 3
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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 335 - EATAQ 17 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory 5
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2. Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6
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2. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1
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2. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1
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2. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1
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2. Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3
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2. Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1
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2. Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1
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2. Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1
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2. Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5
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2. Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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

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

Episode 318 - TD44 - In the End It Is Pleasure - Not Virtue - That Gives Meaning To A Happy Life 2

Episode 319 - EATAQ 01 - Epicurean Answers To Academic Questions - Is the Key To Happiness Found In Supernatural Causes and Geometry? 8

Episode 320 - EATAQ 02 - Are the Good of A Sheep And The Good of A Man The Same? 2

Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11

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

Episode 323 - EATAQ 05 - The Pre-Epicurean View: Three Divisions of Philosophy And Three Divisions of Goods 2

Episode 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2

Episode 325 - EATAQ 07 - The False Platonic Division of The Universe Into A Force Which Causes And That Which The Force Acts Upon 3

Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2

Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5

Episode 329 - EATAQ 11 - Cracks In The Academy On Ideal Forms And Virtue Lead To The Emergence of Aristotle, The Stoics, And Epicurus 3

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

Episode 330 - EATAQ 12 - In Contrast With Epicurus, The Stoics Opt For Virtue At Any Cost And Make Controversial Claims About The Senses 2

Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism 3

Episode 332 - EATAQ 14 - The Stoic Failure To Grasp That Judgment Never Happens In The Senses 5

Episode 333 - EATAQ 15 - Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Sensations And The Anticipations 3

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

Episode 335 - EATAQ 17 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory 5

Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6

Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1

Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1

Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1

Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3

Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1

Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1

Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1

Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5

Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2

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