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Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6
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Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6
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Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6
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Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6
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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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Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6
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Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6
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Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6
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Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6
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Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7
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Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7
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Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7
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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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Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7
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April 9, 2021 at 5:44 PM
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Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7
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May 20, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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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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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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Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7
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Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7
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Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7
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Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 03 7
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Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7
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Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7
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Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7
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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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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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Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7
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Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7
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Episode 240 - Cicero's OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 7
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Immutability of Epicurean school in ancient times 15
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Boris Nikolsky - Article On His Interest in Classical Philosophy (Original In Russian) 1
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Boris Nikolsky's 2023 Summary Of His Thesis About Epicurus On Pleasure (From "Knife" Magazine)
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