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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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      September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

    2. Episode 215 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness 9

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      • February 14, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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    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 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - No One But You Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Disguise Yourselves? 4

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      • January 30, 2024 at 10:50 AM
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      February 5, 2024 at 7:16 PM

    2. Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6

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      • January 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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    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 210 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure 2

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      • January 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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      January 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM

    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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      • January 1, 2024 at 7:54 PM
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    2. Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For the Truth Rather than Make-Believe 3

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      • December 30, 2023 at 7:55 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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      December 30, 2023 at 5:34 PM

    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

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      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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      • December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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      December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM

    2. Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12

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      • December 9, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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    4. Joshua

      December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM

    2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5

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      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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      • December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
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      December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM

    2. Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19

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      • November 26, 2023 at 6:58 AM
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      • December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM
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      December 2, 2023 at 6:20 AM

    2. Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23

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      • November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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      • November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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      November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM

    2. Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 15

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      • November 11, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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    4. Joshua

      November 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM

    2. Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17

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      • October 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
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    2. Episode 199 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08 8

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      • October 28, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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      November 4, 2023 at 5:35 AM

    2. Episode 197 -LucretiusToday Interviews Dr. Marcelo Boeri 22

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      • October 22, 2023 at 7:36 AM
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      October 25, 2023 at 3:52 PM

    2. Episode 198 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07 3

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      • October 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM
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      October 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM

    2. Episode 196 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06 62

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      • October 10, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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    2. Episode 195 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05 67

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      • October 6, 2023 at 2:47 PM
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      October 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM

    2. Episode 194 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 04 16

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      • September 30, 2023 at 11:51 AM
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      October 3, 2023 at 1:08 PM

    2. Episode 193 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03 4

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      • September 18, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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    2. Episode 192 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens 4

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      • September 12, 2023 at 6:47 PM
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      • September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM
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      September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM

    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

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    2. Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21

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

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      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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    2. Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends

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

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    2. Episode 188 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 03 20

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