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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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    2. Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5

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      • October 4, 2021 at 8:40 PM
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      • October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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      October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Fourteen - Letter to Herodotus 03 - The Starting Point of Physics 5

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      • March 18, 2022 at 6:20 AM
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      • March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM
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      March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Four - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars 5

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      • June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
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      June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM

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

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    2. Episode 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04 5

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      • January 31, 2023 at 7:05 AM
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      February 5, 2023 at 4:08 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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    2. Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5

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      • April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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      • May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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    2. Episode 235 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View Of Divinity 5

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      • August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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    2. Episode 250 - Cicero's OTNOTG 25: The Relationship of "Images" To All Human Thought - Not Just To "The Gods" 5

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      • October 12, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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      October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM

    2. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

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      • July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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      July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM

    2. Episode 302 - TD30 - Epicurus and Roads Paved With Good Intentions 5

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      • October 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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      • October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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      October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM

    2. Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5

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      • March 28, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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      • April 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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      April 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM

    2. Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 5

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      • April 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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      April 10, 2026 at 5:57 PM

    2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

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      • April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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    4. Don

      April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-Eight: Start of Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell 6

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      • September 26, 2020 at 10:23 AM
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      • September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM
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      September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM

    2. Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6

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      • August 21, 2021 at 5:20 PM
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      • August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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      August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    2. Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6

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      • August 28, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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      • September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM
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      September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6

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      • September 29, 2021 at 8:59 PM
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      • October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM
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      October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM

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

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      • August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
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    2. Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 6

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

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

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      • December 16, 2022 at 8:52 AM
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    2. Episode 153 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 09 - The New Education 02 6

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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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 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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