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

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      • April 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2023 at 5:52 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 18, 2023 at 5:52 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • September 20, 2022 at 6:59 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 27, 2024 at 6:14 AM
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    4. Don

      October 27, 2024 at 6:14 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2021 at 7:33 AM
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    4. Don

      May 20, 2021 at 7:33 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • June 5, 2023 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Don

      June 5, 2023 at 8:15 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2021 at 4:05 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM
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      December 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • August 2, 2021 at 10:53 AM
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    2. Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20

      • Cassius
      • November 5, 2021 at 9:35 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 13, 2021 at 6:29 PM
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      November 13, 2021 at 6:29 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • April 21, 2022 at 5:18 PM
      • Cassius
      • June 22, 2022 at 7:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 22, 2022 at 7:18 AM

    2. Episode Fifty-One - The Workings of Images 17

      • Cassius
      • December 24, 2020 at 2:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM
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    4. Elayne

      January 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • February 24, 2024 at 3:03 PM
      • Cassius
      • March 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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      March 2, 2024 at 9:27 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Six - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason 22

      • Cassius
      • January 20, 2022 at 6:45 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM
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    4. Joshua

      January 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM

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

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

      September 2, 2020 at 11:58 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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      July 17, 2024 at 2:01 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Nine - Letter to Pythocles 03 - The Implications Of the Epicurean Position On The Size of the Sun 17

      • Cassius
      • July 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2021 at 9:33 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM
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    4. Bryan

      April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM

    2. Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12

      • Cassius
      • January 26, 2020 at 8:53 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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    4. Paquin

      July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode 168 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01 22

      • Cassius
      • March 31, 2023 at 3:17 PM
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    4. Don

      April 8, 2023 at 7:59 AM

    2. Episode Ninety - Recap Of Atomism In Preparation for Details of Magnetism 17

      • Cassius
      • September 23, 2021 at 9:54 AM
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      • September 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM
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      September 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Fifteen - Letter to Herodotus 04 - Atoms, Void, and Basic Epistemology Issues 15

      • Cassius
      • March 26, 2022 at 8:13 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 1, 2022 at 7:40 AM
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      April 1, 2022 at 7:40 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Seven - The Virtues as Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 16

      • Cassius
      • November 15, 2021 at 7:39 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM
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    4. Don

      December 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM

    2. Episode 151 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 07 - "The New School In Athens" 20

      • Cassius
      • December 3, 2022 at 3:36 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2022 at 7:27 AM
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    4. Don

      December 11, 2022 at 7:27 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • March 12, 2021 at 10:06 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Seventeen - Letter to Herodotus 06 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications 15

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM
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      April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM

    2. An Epicurean Podcast 12

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      • July 5, 2019 at 2:49 PM
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      • July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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      July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • October 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Eight - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One) 15

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2021 at 1:51 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 16, 2021 at 11:50 AM
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      December 16, 2021 at 11:50 AM

    2. Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21

      • Cassius
      • September 3, 2023 at 9:36 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 17, 2023 at 4:13 PM
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      September 17, 2023 at 4:13 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Five - Part 01 (Chapter 1 of Epicurus And His Philosophy) 17

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      • October 16, 2022 at 8:17 PM
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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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      • August 8, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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      • August 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 4

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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    2. Epicurean Emporium 9

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 2

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