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    2. Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 7

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      • February 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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      • February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM

    2. Episode 160 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 14 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 01 3

      • Cassius
      • January 31, 2023 at 7:19 AM
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      • February 7, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 7, 2023 at 4:17 PM

    2. Episode 231 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death? 4

      • Cassius
      • June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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    4. Bryan

      June 8, 2024 at 12:02 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 198 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07 3

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

      October 25, 2023 at 7:00 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
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      • October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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    4. Julia

      October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM

    2. Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02 4

      • Cassius
      • May 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM

    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

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

    2. Episode 185 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08 4

      • Cassius
      • August 4, 2023 at 7:51 PM
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      August 4, 2023 at 7:51 PM

    2. Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5

      • Cassius
      • April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
      • Cassius
      • May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • September 18, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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      • September 30, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 30, 2023 at 5:55 PM

    2. Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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    4. Cassius

      August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM

    2. Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2

      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM
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      • February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    2. Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6

      • Cassius
      • October 26, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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      • October 29, 2024 at 11:02 AM
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    4. Cassius

      October 29, 2024 at 11:02 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 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04 5

      • Cassius
      • January 31, 2023 at 7:05 AM
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      • February 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM
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      February 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01 4

      • Cassius
      • April 21, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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      • April 27, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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    4. Don

      April 27, 2023 at 10:14 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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      • January 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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    4. Cassius

      January 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM

    2. Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

      • Cassius
      • May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM

    2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

      • Cassius
      • March 17, 2020 at 6:42 AM
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      • March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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    4. Don

      June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM

    2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5

      • Cassius
      • July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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      • July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

    2. Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6

      • Cassius
      • March 22, 2024 at 1:31 PM
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      • March 31, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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      March 31, 2024 at 8:56 AM

    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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      September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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      • December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
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    4. waterholic

      December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM

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

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      • March 13, 2022 at 8:29 AM
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      • March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM
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      March 18, 2022 at 3:38 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty Two - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More On The Weather 5

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      • July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM
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      July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM

    2. Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6

      • Cassius
      • June 8, 2023 at 7:32 AM
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      June 8, 2023 at 7:32 AM

    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 150 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus 4

      • Cassius
      • November 23, 2022 at 8:23 AM
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      • December 7, 2022 at 12:52 PM
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      December 7, 2022 at 12:52 PM

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