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    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 12

      • Cassius
      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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      • July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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      July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM

    2. Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 04 12

      • Cassius
      • August 20, 2023 at 5:12 PM
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      • August 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Eleven - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus 12

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      • February 22, 2022 at 10:06 PM
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      • March 7, 2022 at 11:21 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      March 7, 2022 at 11:21 PM

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

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

      July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

    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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    4. Hiram

      July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    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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    4. Don

      July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM

    2. Episode 269 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence of Pain (All Experience That Is Not Painful) 11

      • Cassius
      • February 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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      • February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM

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

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

      August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM

    2. Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure 11

      • Cassius
      • April 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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      • April 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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    4. Cassius

      April 24, 2024 at 4:57 PM

    2. Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 11

      • Cassius
      • March 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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    4. DavidN

      March 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM

    2. Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11

      • Cassius
      • December 22, 2023 at 5:25 AM
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      • December 30, 2023 at 5:34 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 30, 2023 at 5:34 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Nine - The Epicurean View of Friendship 11

      • Cassius
      • February 11, 2022 at 7:45 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 18, 2022 at 7:45 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 18, 2022 at 7:45 PM

    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 Thirty-Nine - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot 11

      • Cassius
      • September 29, 2020 at 6:08 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM
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    4. Don

      October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM

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

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

      October 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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

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

      September 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM

    2. Episode 238 - Cicero's OTNOTG 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making 10

      • Cassius
      • July 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      July 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM

    2. Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

      • Cassius
      • April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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    4. Bryan

      April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 211 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images 10

      • Cassius
      • January 20, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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      • January 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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    4. Don

      January 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM

    2. Episode 186 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 38 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 01 10

      • Cassius
      • August 4, 2023 at 11:53 AM
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      • August 18, 2023 at 5:46 PM
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      August 18, 2023 at 5:46 PM

    2. Episode 179 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02 10

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM
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    4. Joshua

      June 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM

    2. Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One 10

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      • January 10, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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      • November 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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      November 1, 2023 at 3:06 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Six - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 02 - The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy 10

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      • October 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM
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      • November 4, 2022 at 11:20 AM
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      November 4, 2022 at 11:20 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
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      August 23, 2022 at 4:11 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 Twenty - Letter to Herodotus 09 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility 10

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

      June 22, 2022 at 5:59 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Five - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus 10

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      • January 14, 2022 at 10:19 AM
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      • January 25, 2022 at 2:26 PM
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    4. Scott

      January 25, 2022 at 2:26 PM

    2. Popularizing The Lucretius Today Podcast 10

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      • August 2, 2021 at 5:16 PM
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      • August 4, 2021 at 9:34 AM
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      August 4, 2021 at 9:34 AM

    2. Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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      • August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM

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

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

      September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM

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