The Lucretius Today Podcast

The Lucretius Today Podcast is a weekly panel discussion and presentation of Epicurean philosophy. Each episode of the show has a thread for discussion.

    2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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      • August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    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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    4. Don

      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

    2. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

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      • January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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      • January 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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    2. Episode 249 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 - Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness? 29

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      • October 2, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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      • January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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    4. Bryan

      January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM

    2. Episode 262 - He Who Says "Nothing Can Be Known" Knows Nothing 4

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      • December 29, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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      • January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM

    2. Episode 261 - Death Is Nothing To Us 3

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      • December 23, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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      • December 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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      December 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM

    2. Episode 260 - The Universe Is Infinite And Eternal And Has No Gods Over It 4

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      • December 18, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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      • December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 24, 2024 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode 259 - Nothing Comes From Nothing 16

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      • November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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      • December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM

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

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      • August 2, 2022 at 8:50 AM
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      • December 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 14, 2024 at 5:51 PM

    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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      • December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 9, 2024 at 5:12 PM

    2. Episode 257 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under Necessity - Part 1 12

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      • November 18, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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      • December 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM

    2. Episode 256 - Epicurean Gods: Real, Or Ideal Thought Constructs? 3

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      • November 18, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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      • November 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM

    2. Episode 254 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much As Any Outright Atheist? - Cicero's OTNOTG 29 13

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      • November 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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      • November 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty - The Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter 18

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      • September 11, 2022 at 1:23 PM
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      • November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM

    2. Episode 253 - How The "Riddle Of Epicurus" FIts Into the Epicurean View of The Gods - Cicero's OTNOTG 28 14

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      • October 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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      • November 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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      November 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM

    2. Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6

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      • October 26, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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      • October 29, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 29, 2024 at 11:02 AM

    2. Episode 251 - Cicero's OTNOTG 26 - How Niagara Falls Helps Us Understand the Flux, the Heap, and the Epicurean Gods 15

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      • October 18, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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      • October 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM

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

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

      October 27, 2024 at 6:14 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Three - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 3) The Superiority of The Epicurean Viewpoint on "Gods" 3

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      • October 5, 2022 at 10:51 AM
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      • October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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    4. Julia

      October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM

    2. Episode 250 - Cicero's OTNOTG 25: The Relationship of "Images" To All Human Thought - Not Just To "The Gods" 5

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      • October 12, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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      • October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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      October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM

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

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

      October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Eighteen - Letter to Herodotus 07 - "Images" - There's More To Them Than Meets The Eye 29

      • Don
      • April 9, 2022 at 3:23 PM
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      • October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM

    2. Episode 248 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 - Cotta Pushes The "Argument By Design" Against The Epicurean View That All - Including Gods - Is Natural 2

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      • September 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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      • October 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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      October 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM

    2. Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9

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      • September 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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      September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM

    2. Episode 246 - Cicero's OTNOTG 21 - Examining Epicurean Evidence-Based Reasoning 15

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      • September 13, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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      • September 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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      September 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM

    2. Episode 245 - Cicero's OTNOTG 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete? 10

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      • September 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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      September 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM

    2. Episode 243 Cicero's OTNOTG 18 - From "All Sensations Are True" to Reasoning By Similarity And Analogy 9

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      • August 23, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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      August 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM

    2. Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11

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      • August 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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      • August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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      August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM

    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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    4. Cassius

      August 17, 2024 at 2:31 PM

    2. Episode 235 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View Of Divinity 5

      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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      August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM

    2. Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

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      • August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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      • August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Don

      August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM

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