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Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5
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Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2
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Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6
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Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23
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Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2
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Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6
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Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3
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Episode Eighty - The Development of Metallurgy And the Art of War 3
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Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4
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Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5
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September 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM
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Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7
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Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5
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Episode 31 - Continuation of Episode 30, And the Polyaenus Example
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Episode 294 - TD24 - Distinguishing Dogs From Wolves And Pleasure From Absence of Pain 6
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Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9
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July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6
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July 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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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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July 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12
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July 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5
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July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11
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Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3
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June 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2
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Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4
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Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2
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Episode 283 - Philosophy For The Millions 1
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Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7
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Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6
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Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3
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Episode 279 - TD10 - On "Dying Before One's Time" 2
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Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4
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Beyond Stoicism (2025) 16
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August 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM - Epicurus vs. the Stoics (Zeno, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
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Immutability of Epicurean school in ancient times 11
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July 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM - Uncategorized Discussion (General)
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Recorded Statements of Metrodorus 11
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July 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM - Hermarchus
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