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Episode 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 8
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May 10, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5
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July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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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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Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 8
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Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4
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Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8
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Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4
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Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5
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Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 8
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June 9, 2023 at 9:48 PM
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Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7
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Episode One Hundred Twenty-One - Letter to Herodotus 11 - Atoms, The Soul, And Those Who Are Well Disposed Towards Us 4
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May 8, 2022 at 8:34 AM
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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 Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2
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February 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM
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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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Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6
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July 30, 2022 at 6:59 AM
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What Kinds Of Podcasts Should We Target First? 3
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July 29, 2019 at 10:38 AM
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Episode 238 - Cicero's OTNOTG 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making 10
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July 19, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4
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July 8, 2022 at 11:02 AM
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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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April 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7
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July 17, 2023 at 9:17 AM
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Episode 273 - TD03 - Is The Soul Immortal And Death Actually A Good/ 12
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March 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7
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May 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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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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August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Episode One Hundred Sixteen - Letter to Herodotus 05 - More Fundamental Physics 4
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April 3, 2022 at 5:12 AM
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Episode 245 - Cicero's OTNOTG 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete? 10
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September 6, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Episode 243 Cicero's OTNOTG 18 - From "All Sensations Are True" to Reasoning By Similarity And Analogy 9
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August 23, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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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 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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Lucretius Today Podcast Interview Questions (Interviews Project Starting 2023) 6
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Episode Ninety-Four: Torquatus Explains Pleasure As the Goal of Life 4
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October 28, 2021 at 7:01 PM
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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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