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  1. General Information And Discussion - Start Here
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  5. Physics - The Nature of the Universe
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  8. Epicurean Historical Figures - Biographies of Epicureans from Epicurus To The Present
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  11. Comparisons With Non-Epicurean Philosophies
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  13. Epicurean Symbolism in Art, Music, Literature, and Poetry

    2. Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7

      • Cassius
      • December 17, 2021 at 6:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Nineteen - Letter to Herodotus 08 - More On Perception Through The Atoms 18

      • Cassius
      • April 21, 2022 at 5:18 PM
      • Cassius
      • June 22, 2022 at 7:18 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 22, 2022 at 7:18 AM

    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 One Hundred Fourteen - Letter to Herodotus 03 - The Starting Point of Physics 5

      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2022 at 6:20 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM
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    4. Don

      March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Four - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult? 45

      • Cassius
      • January 7, 2022 at 8:18 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 17, 2022 at 4:22 PM

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

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

      October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • October 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 4, 2022 at 11:20 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      November 4, 2022 at 11:20 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Seven - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 15

      • Cassius
      • November 3, 2022 at 9:24 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM
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    4. Don

      November 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • September 20, 2022 at 6:59 PM
      • Cassius
      • 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-Nine - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 05 - The Early Years of Epicurus 4

      • Cassius
      • November 17, 2022 at 8:15 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 23, 2022 at 10:23 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 23, 2022 at 10:23 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Four - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good 3

      • Cassius
      • October 11, 2022 at 5:21 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 22, 2022 at 2:51 PM
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    4. Don

      October 22, 2022 at 2:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Five - Part 01 (Chapter 1 of Epicurus And His Philosophy) 17

      • Cassius
      • October 16, 2022 at 8:17 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 2, 2022 at 8:58 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 2, 2022 at 8:58 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Eight - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 13

      • Cassius
      • November 7, 2022 at 7:04 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 16, 2022 at 10:53 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      November 16, 2022 at 10:53 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7

      • Cassius
      • September 28, 2022 at 5:41 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 10, 2022 at 3:29 PM
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    4. Root304

      October 10, 2022 at 3:29 PM

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

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

      November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM

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

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

      January 25, 2022 at 2:26 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Fifteen - Letter to Herodotus 04 - Atoms, Void, and Basic Epistemology Issues 15

      • Cassius
      • March 26, 2022 at 8:13 AM
      • Cassius
      • April 1, 2022 at 7:40 AM
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    4. Don

      April 1, 2022 at 7:40 AM

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

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

      March 7, 2022 at 11:21 PM

    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
      • Don
      • October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 10, 2024 at 9:08 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Eight - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science 42

      • Cassius
      • February 4, 2022 at 8:31 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2022 at 6:16 AM
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    4. smoothiekiwi

      February 13, 2022 at 6:16 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7

      • Cassius
      • December 10, 2021 at 10:43 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM
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    4. Don

      December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM

    2. Episode One - Venus / Pleasure As Guide of Life 15

      • Cassius
      • January 11, 2020 at 11:58 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM
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    4. Don

      July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2021 at 8:40 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82

      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2021 at 10:01 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM
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    4. Don

      October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good 14

      • Cassius
      • November 10, 2021 at 10:57 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 20, 2021 at 10:02 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 20, 2021 at 10:02 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Seven - The Virtues as Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 16

      • Cassius
      • November 15, 2021 at 7:39 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM
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    4. Don

      December 10, 2021 at 3:17 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6

      • Cassius
      • September 29, 2021 at 8:59 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM
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    4. Joshua

      October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Nine - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two) 22

      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2021 at 4:05 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM
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      December 11, 2021 at 6:08 PM

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

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

      November 6, 2021 at 10:18 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1

      • Cassius
      • October 17, 2021 at 8:57 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM

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    2. Epicurean philosophy skewing toward elements of Stoicism in the time of Lucretius?? 9

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    2. Preconceptions and PD24 42

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    2. The Use of Negation in Epicurean Philosophy Concepts 47

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