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    2. Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7

      • Cassius
      • May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM

    2. Episode 223 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undertaking The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey? 7

      • Cassius
      • April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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    4. Titus

      April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM

    2. Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7

      • Cassius
      • August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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    4. Don

      August 6, 2024 at 11:03 PM

    2. Episode Fifty-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3

      • Cassius
      • January 16, 2021 at 8:01 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2021 at 1:05 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 17, 2021 at 1:05 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Seven: There Is A Limit To The Size of Atoms 3

      • Cassius
      • July 11, 2020 at 11:23 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 18, 2020 at 6:04 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 Thirty Two - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More On The Weather 5

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirteen - Letter to Herodotus 02 - Principles of Thinking 4

      • Cassius
      • March 13, 2022 at 8:29 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM
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    4. Don

      March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM

    2. Lucretius Today Podcast Interview Questions (Interviews Project Starting 2023) 6

      • Cassius
      • December 16, 2022 at 8:52 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM

    2. Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7

      • Cassius
      • July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM

    2. Episode Fifty-Seven - Taste, Smell, and The Subjectivity of the Senses 2

      • Cassius
      • February 5, 2021 at 6:40 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM
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    4. Don

      February 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM

    2. Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 03 7

      • Cassius
      • February 14, 2023 at 6:33 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM
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    4. Cassius

      February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM

    2. Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4

      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2020 at 10:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM
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    4. Don

      December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Eight - Ethical Issues Arising In The Formation of Societies 2

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM

    2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2

      • Cassius
      • February 3, 2020 at 8:14 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Two - Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life 3

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM
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    4. Don

      June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Sixteen - Letter to Herodotus 05 - More Fundamental Physics 4

      • Cassius
      • April 9, 2022 at 12:00 PM
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    4. Joshua

      April 9, 2022 at 12:00 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 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 251 - Cicero's OTNOTG 26 - How Niagara Falls Helps Us Understand the Flux, the Heap, and the Epicurean Gods 15

      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2024 at 3:54 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 27, 2024 at 7:20 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2022 at 8:11 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 17, 2022 at 8:11 AM

    2. Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 8

      • Cassius
      • June 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM
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    4. Joshua

      June 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM

    2. Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

      • Cassius
      • July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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    4. Don

      July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM

    2. Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 6

      • Cassius
      • December 6, 2022 at 9:26 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM

    2. Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 8

      • Cassius
      • May 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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    4. Don

      May 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM

    2. Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7

      • Cassius
      • July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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    4. Onenski

      July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM

    2. Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5

      • Cassius
      • September 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM

    2. Episode 246 - Cicero's OTNOTG 21 - Examining Epicurean Evidence-Based Reasoning 15

      • Cassius
      • September 13, 2024 at 3:11 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 19, 2024 at 10:30 AM

    2. Episode 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 8

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 30, 2024 at 10:16 PM

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    2. Does The Wise Man Groan and Cry Out When On The Rack / Under Torture / In Extreme Pain? 14

      • Cassius
      • June 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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    2. New Translation of Epicurus' Works 1

      • Eikadistes
      • June 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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    2. Superstition and Friday the 13th 6

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    2. Epicurean Emporium 9

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      • June 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 2

      • Kalosyni
      • June 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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