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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 320 - EATAQ 02 - Are the Good of A Sheep And The Good of A Man The Same? 2
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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 314 - TD41 - Cicero Challenges Epicurus: Can Pleasures Really Overcome Pains? 2
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2. Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5
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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 312 - TD39 - Word Games Are No Substitute For Reality 2
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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 306 - TD34 - Is A Life That Is 99 Percent Happy Really Happy? 3
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2. Episode 315 - TD 42 - Preventing Pain From Destroying Happiness 2
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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 307 - TD35 - How The Wise Epicurean Is Always Happy 2
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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 305 - TD33 - Shall We Stoically Be A Spectator To Life And Content Ourselves With "Virtue?" 1
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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 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 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2
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2. Episode 304 - TD32 - Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions 1
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2. Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2
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2. Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism 3
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2. Episode 31 - Continuation of Episode 30, And the Polyaenus Example
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2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics
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2. Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15
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2. Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11
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2. Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3
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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 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5
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2. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1
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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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2. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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

Episode 314 - TD41 - Cicero Challenges Epicurus: Can Pleasures Really Overcome Pains? 2

Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5

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

Episode 312 - TD39 - Word Games Are No Substitute For Reality 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

Episode 306 - TD34 - Is A Life That Is 99 Percent Happy Really Happy? 3

Episode 315 - TD 42 - Preventing Pain From Destroying Happiness 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

Episode 307 - TD35 - How The Wise Epicurean Is Always Happy 2

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

Episode 305 - TD33 - Shall We Stoically Be A Spectator To Life And Content Ourselves With "Virtue?" 1

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

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

Episode 304 - TD32 - Epicurus vs. The Stoics On Strong Emotions 1

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

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

Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15

Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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