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    2. Episode Thirty-Six - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 1

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      • September 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM
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      • September 19, 2020 at 1:51 PM
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    2. Episode 128 - The Twelve Fundamentals of Physics 1

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      • July 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM
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      July 3, 2022 at 8:47 AM

    2. Episode Sixty-Nine - The End of Our World 1

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      • April 27, 2021 at 10:22 PM
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      • May 8, 2021 at 1:01 PM
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    2. Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1

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      • January 9, 2021 at 8:48 AM
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      • January 16, 2021 at 6:44 PM
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    2. Episode Forty-Three - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 1

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      • October 30, 2020 at 10:12 PM
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      • November 7, 2020 at 9:55 AM
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    2. Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6

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      • July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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    2. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

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      • July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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    2. Episode Twenty - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 1

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      • May 30, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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    2. Episode Twenty-Five - The Swerve Part II - As the Basis of Human Agency 1

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      • July 3, 2020 at 6:55 PM
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    2. Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3

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      May 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Four: Torquatus Explains Pleasure As the Goal of Life 4

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      • October 28, 2021 at 7:01 PM
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      • November 6, 2021 at 10:18 AM
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      November 6, 2021 at 10:18 AM

    2. Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 02 1

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      • August 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM
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      • August 17, 2023 at 9:41 PM
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    2. Episode Seventy-Four - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth 1

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      • June 8, 2021 at 9:16 PM
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      June 8, 2021 at 9:16 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1

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      • December 5, 2020 at 9:19 AM
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      • December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM
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      December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM

    2. Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3

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      • February 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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      • February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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      February 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM

    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
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      May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM

    2. Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2

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      • August 6, 2021 at 5:19 PM
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      • August 14, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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      August 14, 2021 at 9:13 AM

    2. Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism" 4

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      • January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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      • January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    2. Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4

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      • March 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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      • March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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      March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 274 - TD04 - Is The Soul Held Down By The Body, And Does Death Allow The Soul To Ascend To A Better Place? 2

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      • March 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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    2. Episode Forty-One - The Nature of the Mind and Spirit Is Complex; Sense is Not a Property of The Elements That Make Them, But An Event of Their Combination And Motions 2

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      • October 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM
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      October 25, 2020 at 1:44 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Three - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed 1

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      • June 24, 2020 at 8:29 AM
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      June 24, 2020 at 8:29 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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    2. Episode Fifty - Opening of Book Four - Beginning the DIscussion of Images 2

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      • December 18, 2020 at 8:20 PM
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      • December 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM
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    2. Episode 165 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01 1

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    2. Episode 276 - TD06 - Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul? 3

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    2. Episode 258 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Part 2 (Conclusion) 3

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      • November 18, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1

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    2. Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2

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      • June 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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    2. Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4

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      • April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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