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

      • Cassius
      • November 7, 2020 at 11:02 AM
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      • November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM
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      November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5

      • Cassius
      • July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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      • July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

      • Cassius
      • April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
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      • May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM

    2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

      • Cassius
      • April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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    4. Don

      April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    2. Episode 315 - TD 42 - Not Yet Released 1

      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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      December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM

    2. Episode 312 - TD39 - Word Games Are No Substitute For Reality 2

      • Cassius
      • December 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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      • December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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      December 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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      • December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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      December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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      • December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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      December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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      • November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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      November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM

    2. Episode 308 - TD36 - Tracing Epicurus' Key Ideas From the Principal Doctrines To The Tetrapharmakon To Cicero's Epicurean Speakers 19

      • Cassius
      • November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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      • November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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      November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • November 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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      • November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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      November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • November 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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      • November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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    4. kochiekoch

      November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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      • November 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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      November 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM

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

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      • October 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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      • October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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      October 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM

    2. Episode 303 - TD31 - Is It Truly Impossible To Advocate For Epicurus In The Public Sphere? 10

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      • October 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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      • October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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      October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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

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      • September 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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      • October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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      October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM

    2. Episode 299 - TD27 - Was Epicurus Right That There Are Only Two Feelings - Pleasure And Pain? 23

      • Cassius
      • September 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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      • September 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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      September 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM

    2. Episode 297 - TD25 - Is Philosophy At War With Perfume? 2

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      • August 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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      • September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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      September 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM

    2. Episode 295 - Plutarch's Absurd Interpretation of Epicurean Absence of Pain 66

      • Cassius
      • August 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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      • September 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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      September 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM

    2. Episode 294 - TD24 - Distinguishing Dogs From Wolves And Pleasure From Absence of Pain 8

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      • August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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      • August 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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      August 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM

    2. Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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    4. Patrikios

      August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM

    2. Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6

      • Cassius
      • July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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      July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM

    2. Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12

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      • July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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      July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM

    2. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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      July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM

    2. Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11

      • Cassius
      • July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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      July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM

    2. Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • June 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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      June 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM

    2. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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    4. Don

      June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM

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