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Episode 357 — "A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal Of Skepticism"

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2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
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2. Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7
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2. Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7
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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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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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2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7
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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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2. Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 03 7
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2. Episode One Hundred Forty Two - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 7
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2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Two - Letter to Herodotus 10 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 7
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2. Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7
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2. Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7
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2. Episode One Hundred - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 7
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2. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7
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2. Episode Seventy-Two - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 7
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2. Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7
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2. Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7
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2. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7
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2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7
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2. Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7
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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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2. Episode 317 - TD43 - The Epicurean "System Of Counterbalancing" In Pursuit Of Pleasure 6
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2. Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6
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2. Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6
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2. Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6
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2. Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6
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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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2. Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6
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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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2. Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7

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

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

Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7

Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

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

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

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

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

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

Episode One Hundred Twelve - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus 01 (Introduction) 7

Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7

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

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

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

Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7

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

Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

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

Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6

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

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

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

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

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