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Episode 357 — "A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal Of Skepticism"

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2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
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2. Episode 297 - TD25 - Is Philosophy At War With Perfume? 2
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2. Episode 295 - Plutarch's Absurd Interpretation of Epicurean Absence of Pain 66
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2. Episode 294 - TD24 - Distinguishing Dogs From Wolves And Pleasure From Absence of Pain 8
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2. Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6
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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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2. Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12
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2. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5
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2. Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11
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2. Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3
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2. Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2
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2. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4
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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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2. Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7
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2. Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6
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2. Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3
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2. Episode 279 - TD10 - On "Dying Before One's Time" 2
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2. Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4
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2. Episode 276 - TD06 - Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul? 3
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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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2. Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4
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2. Episode 270 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time 48
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2. Episode 269 - By Pleasure We Mean The Absence of Pain (All Experience That Is Not Painful) 11
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2. Episode 265 - The Deep-Set Boundary Stone - Epicurus and The Perils of Applying the Principles of Geometry to Ethical Philosophy 3
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2. Episode 267 - Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation. 34
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2. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1
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2. Episode 262 - He Who Says "Nothing Can Be Known" Knows Nothing 4
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2. Episode 261 - Death Is Nothing To Us 3
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2. Episode 257 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under Necessity - Part 1 12
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2. Episode 256 - Epicurean Gods: Real, Or Ideal Thought Constructs? 3
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2. Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode 297 - TD25 - Is Philosophy At War With Perfume? 2

Episode 295 - Plutarch's Absurd Interpretation of Epicurean Absence of Pain 66

Episode 294 - TD24 - Distinguishing Dogs From Wolves And Pleasure From Absence of Pain 8

Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6

Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6

Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12

Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11

Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3

Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2

Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

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

Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7

Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6

Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3

Episode 279 - TD10 - On "Dying Before One's Time" 2

Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4

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

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

Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4

Episode 270 - Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time 48

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

Episode 265 - The Deep-Set Boundary Stone - Epicurus and The Perils of Applying the Principles of Geometry to Ethical Philosophy 3

Episode 267 - Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation. 34

Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

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

Episode 261 - Death Is Nothing To Us 3

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

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

Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14

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