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

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

    2. Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7

      • Cassius
      • February 19, 2020 at 5:23 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
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    4. Paquin

      July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM

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

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      • December 25, 2021 at 9:42 AM
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      • January 9, 2022 at 7:07 PM
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      January 9, 2022 at 7:07 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7

      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM
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    4. Don

      May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Three: Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time 10

      • Cassius
      • October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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    4. Julia

      October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Six - Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction - On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy 9

      • Cassius
      • June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Seven - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 16

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      • July 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM
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    4. Martin

      July 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-One - Letter to Herodotus 11 - Atoms, The Soul, And Those Who Are Well Disposed Towards Us 4

      • Cassius
      • May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
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    4. Don

      May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM

    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 One Hundred Twenty-Four - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars 5

      • Cassius
      • June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
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      June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Five - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Completion of the Letter 2

      • Cassius
      • June 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty - Letter to Herodotus 09 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility 10

      • Cassius
      • April 30, 2022 at 9:46 AM
      • Cassius
      • June 22, 2022 at 5:59 AM
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    4. Martin

      June 22, 2022 at 5:59 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7

      • Cassius
      • January 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM
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    4. Bryan

      January 20, 2024 at 2:07 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9

      • Cassius
      • December 31, 2021 at 11:02 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Six - The Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One) 10

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      • August 15, 2022 at 9:06 PM
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      August 23, 2022 at 4:11 PM

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

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      • August 25, 2022 at 5:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM
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    4. Don

      September 2, 2022 at 9:11 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1

      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2022 at 9:52 PM
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      July 22, 2022 at 9:52 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • September 7, 2022 at 11:42 AM
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      • September 14, 2022 at 8:08 PM
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    4. reneliza

      September 14, 2022 at 8:08 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Four - The Letter to Menoeceus 01- Context and Opening of the Letter 37

      • Cassius
      • August 2, 2022 at 8:50 AM
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    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Five - The Letter to Menoeceus 02 - On The Nature of the Gods 41

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      • August 8, 2022 at 8:11 AM
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      August 15, 2022 at 6:11 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty Two - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More On The Weather 5

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM
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      July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty Eight - Letter to Menoeceus 5 - Pleasure Part One 109

      • Cassius
      • September 1, 2022 at 10:49 PM
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      September 11, 2022 at 4:37 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2022 at 8:11 AM
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      July 17, 2022 at 8:11 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirteen - Letter to Herodotus 02 - Principles of Thinking 4

      • Cassius
      • March 13, 2022 at 8:29 AM
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      • March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM
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      March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8

      • Cassius
      • February 19, 2022 at 2:51 PM
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      • February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM
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    4. Joshua

      February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Sixteen - Letter to Herodotus 05 - More Fundamental Physics 4

      • Cassius
      • April 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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    4. Joshua

      April 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM

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

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      January 29, 2022 at 8:55 PM

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

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      • April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM
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    4. Don

      April 11, 2022 at 9:14 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Seven - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science 8

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      • January 28, 2022 at 3:32 PM
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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 10

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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

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    2. Superstition and Friday the 13th 6

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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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