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

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      • August 20, 2023 at 5:12 PM
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    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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      March 7, 2022 at 11:21 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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      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

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      • June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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      June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM

    2. Episode 161 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 15 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 02 (Sensations and Not An Empiricist) 3

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      • February 10, 2023 at 5:27 PM
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      February 14, 2023 at 7:50 PM

    2. Episode 153 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 09 - The New Education 02 6

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      • December 16, 2022 at 4:38 PM
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      • December 27, 2022 at 4:04 PM
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    4. Don

      December 27, 2022 at 4:04 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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      December 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM

    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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    4. Scott

      January 25, 2022 at 2:26 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-One - Continuation of Episode Thirty / Polyaenus 9

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      • August 1, 2020 at 1:02 PM
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      • August 10, 2020 at 9:45 PM
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      August 10, 2020 at 9:45 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 179 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02 10

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

      November 4, 2022 at 11:20 AM

    2. Episode 271 - TD01 - Understanding Epicurus Through Tusculan Disputations 14

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      • March 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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      • March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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      March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM

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

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

      July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM

    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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      December 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM

    2. Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

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      • March 29, 2020 at 11:05 AM
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      • April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
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    4. Don

      April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM

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

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

      January 20, 2024 at 2:07 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 Twenty-Nine - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All 8

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      • August 2, 2020 at 8:06 PM
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      August 2, 2020 at 8:06 PM

    2. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

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      • March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
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      July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Nine - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 05 - The Early Years of Epicurus 4

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

    2. Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For An Ideal View of Friendship and Happiness Which Epicureans Reject 8

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      • February 6, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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      February 24, 2024 at 5:41 PM

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

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      • April 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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    2. Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7

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      • April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM
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    2. Episode 238 - Cicero's OTNOTG 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making 10

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      • July 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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    2. Episode 167 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 20 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 02 9

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      • March 25, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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      March 28, 2023 at 10:07 PM

    2. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

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      • March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
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      July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM

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

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      • January 20, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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    2. Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11

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      • December 22, 2023 at 5:25 AM
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    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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