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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 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

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      • April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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    2. Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7

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      • March 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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      March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM

    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

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

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

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      • July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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      July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM

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

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

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7

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      • September 28, 2022 at 5:41 AM
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    4. Root304

      October 10, 2022 at 3:29 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7

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      • May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM
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      May 20, 2022 at 8:13 AM

    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 One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7

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      • December 17, 2021 at 6:09 PM
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      • December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7

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      • December 10, 2021 at 10:43 AM
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      • December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM
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    4. Don

      December 18, 2021 at 8:36 AM

    2. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

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      • August 14, 2021 at 9:21 AM
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      • August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 24, 2021 at 2:21 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7

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      • May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM
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    4. Don

      May 27, 2021 at 10:31 AM

    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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      April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM

    2. Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7

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      • October 8, 2020 at 7:27 PM
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      • October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
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      October 18, 2020 at 4:08 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
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      July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM

    2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

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      • October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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      October 19, 2021 at 2:35 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

    2. Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6

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      • June 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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      June 7, 2026 at 9:44 AM

    2. Episode 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6

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      • January 16, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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      January 21, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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

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      • August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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      August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM

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

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      • July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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      July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM

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

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      • May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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      May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM

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

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

    2. Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6

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      • March 30, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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      April 7, 2024 at 9:05 AM

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

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

    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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      January 30, 2024 at 11:59 AM

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

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

    2. Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6

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      • April 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM
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      November 18, 2023 at 5:52 PM

    2. Episode 157 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part Two 6

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      • January 19, 2023 at 10:13 AM
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      • July 1, 2023 at 12:33 PM
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