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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 Ninety-Nine - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two) 22
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2. Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17
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2. Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23
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2. Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20
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2. Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23
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2. Episode Thirty-Three - More on The Implications of the Colorless Atoms 21
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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 249 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 - Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness? 29
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2. Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6
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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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2. Episode One Hundred Two - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Two 30
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2. Episode Thirty - Only A Limited Number of Combinations of Atoms Is Possible 21
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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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2. Episode 176 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 28 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 05 30
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2. Episode Sixty-Seven - Did The Gods Wake Up One Day To Create The Universe? 23
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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-Nine - The Letter to Menoeceus 06 - Pleasure Part Two 28
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2. Episode 237 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 12 - Isonomia And The Implications of Infinity 34
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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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2. Episode One Hundred Four - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult? 45
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2. Episode One Hundred Eighteen - Letter to Herodotus 07 - "Images" - There's More To Them Than Meets The Eye 29
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2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Seven - The Letter to Menoeceus 04 - On Death (Part Two) 33
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2. Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode Forty-Two - The Mind works through the senses; it is a relatively small part of the body; the Mind has more power than the "spirit," but both mind and spirit are mortal 1

Episode Thirty-Two: The Atoms Are Colorless, But the Implications Are Not 17

Episode Seventy-One - The Formation Of the World (Our Part of the Universe) 20

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

Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17

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

Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20

Episode One Hundred Nineteen - Letter to Herodotus 08 - More On Perception Through The Atoms 18

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

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

Episode One - Venus / Pleasure As Guide of Life 15

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

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

Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6

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

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

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

Episode 270 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time 48

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

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

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

Episode Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18

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

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

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

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

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

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

Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28

Episode 154 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 10 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 01 50

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