The Lucretius Today Podcast

The Lucretius Today Podcast is a weekly panel discussion and presentation of Epicurean philosophy. Each episode of the show has a thread for discussion.

Latest Lucretius Today Podcast

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

Website Overview Forum Navigation Map News & Forum Updates Recent Activity

1. - Views
    - Title
    - Author
    - Date
    - Replies
    - Reactions
    - Views
    - Last Reply
2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
  - Cassius
  - August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
  - Cassius
  - September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM
3. Replies
  
  18
  
  Views
  
  10k
  
  18
4. Cassius
  September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM
2. Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9
  - Cassius
  - December 31, 2021 at 11:02 PM
  - Cassius
  - January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM
3. Replies
  
  9
  
  Views
  
  7.7k
  
  9
4. Godfrey
  January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM
2. Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - February 19, 2022 at 2:51 PM
  - Cassius
  - February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM
3. Replies
  
  8
  
  Views
  
  7.7k
  
  8
4. Joshua
  February 25, 2022 at 3:51 PM
2. Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7
  - Cassius
  - October 8, 2020 at 7:27 PM
  - Cassius
  - October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.7k
  
  7
4. Cassius
  October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
2. Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Attack On Intelligent Design 7
  - Cassius
  - May 13, 2024 at 2:46 PM
  - Cassius
  - May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.6k
  
  7
4. Cassius
  May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
2. Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 7
  - Cassius
  - July 25, 2024 at 1:11 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.6k
  
  7
4. Cassius
  July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
2. Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - July 1, 2023 at 5:51 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.5k
  
  7
4. Onenski
  July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
2. Episode One Hundred Fourteen - Letter to Herodotus 03 - The Starting Point of Physics 5
  - Cassius
  - March 18, 2022 at 6:20 AM
  - Cassius
  - March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM
3. Replies
  
  5
  
  Views
  
  7.5k
  
  5
4. Don
  March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM
2. Episode 233 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism 9
  - Cassius
  - June 14, 2024 at 8:35 PM
  - Cassius
  - June 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
3. Replies
  
  9
  
  Views
  
  7.5k
  
  9
4. Cassius
  June 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5
  - Cassius
  - May 29, 2020 at 1:50 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
3. Replies
  
  5
  
  Views
  
  7.5k
  
  5
4. Cassius
  July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5
  - Cassius
  - February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
  - Cassius
  - July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
3. Replies
  
  5
  
  Views
  
  7.5k
  
  5
4. Cassius
  July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
2. Episode 308 - TD36 - Tracing Epicurus' Key Ideas From the Principal Doctrines To The Tetrapharmakon To Cicero's Epicurean Speakers 19
  - Cassius
  - November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
  - Cassius
  - November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
3. Replies
  
  19
  
  Views
  
  7.5k
  
  19
4. Cassius
  November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
2. Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - September 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
  - Cassius
  - September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
3. Replies
  
  9
  
  Views
  
  7.4k
  
  9
4. Cassius
  September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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
  - Cassius
  - April 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
  - Cassius
  - April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.4k
  
  7
4. Titus
  April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
2. Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7
  - Cassius
  - July 17, 2023 at 9:17 AM
  - Cassius
  - July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.3k
  
  7
4. Pacatus
  July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
2. Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 6
  - Cassius
  - December 6, 2022 at 9:26 AM
  - Cassius
  - December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM
3. Replies
  
  6
  
  Views
  
  7.3k
  
  6
4. Cassius
  December 13, 2022 at 10:41 PM
2. Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
  - Cassius
  - August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
3. Replies
  
  9
  
  Views
  
  7.3k
  
  9
4. Cassius
  August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
2. Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14
  - Cassius
  - November 13, 2024 at 8:15 AM
  - Cassius
  - October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
3. Replies
  
  14
  
  Views
  
  7.3k
  
  14
4. Cassius
  October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
2. Episode Eighty-Five - Thunder and Lightning Part Three - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 6
  - Cassius
  - August 21, 2021 at 5:20 PM
  - Cassius
  - August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
3. Replies
  
  6
  
  Views
  
  7.3k
  
  6
4. Don
  August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM
2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - April 4, 2020 at 8:46 AM
  - Cassius
  - April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
3. Replies
  
  6
  
  Views
  
  7.3k
  
  6
4. Don
  April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
2. Lucretius Today Podcast Interview Questions (Interviews Project Starting 2023) 6
  - 4
  - Cassius
  - December 16, 2022 at 8:52 AM
  - Cassius
  - December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM
3. Replies
  
  6
  
  Views
  
  7.2k
  
  6
4. Cassius
  December 31, 2022 at 12:55 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
  - Cassius
  - May 28, 2022 at 1:16 PM
  - Cassius
  - June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
3. Replies
  
  5
  
  Views
  
  7.2k
  
  5
4. Cassius
  June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
2. Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 7
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - February 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
  - Cassius
  - February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.2k
  
  7
4. Kalosyni
  February 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
2. Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 7
  - Cassius
  - March 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
  - Cassius
  - March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.2k
  
  7
4. Cassius
  March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6
  - Cassius
  - July 30, 2022 at 6:59 AM
  - Cassius
  - August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
3. Replies
  
  6
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  6
4. Cassius
  August 6, 2022 at 6:41 AM
2. Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6
  - Cassius
  - August 28, 2021 at 7:52 AM
  - Cassius
  - September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM
3. Replies
  
  6
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  6
4. Don
  September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM
2. Episode One Hundred One - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part One 7
  - Cassius
  - December 17, 2021 at 6:09 PM
  - Cassius
  - December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  7
4. Kalosyni
  December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM
2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7
  - 1
  - Cassius
  - December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
  - Cassius
  - December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  7
4. Cassius
  December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-One - Letter to Herodotus 11 - Atoms, The Soul, And Those Who Are Well Disposed Towards Us 4
  - Cassius
  - May 8, 2022 at 8:34 AM
  - Cassius
  - May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
3. Replies
  
  4
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  4
4. Don
  May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
2. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4
  - Cassius
  - June 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
  - Cassius
  - June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
3. Replies
  
  4
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  4
4. Don
  June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
2. Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 03 7
  - Cassius
  - February 14, 2023 at 6:33 PM
  - Cassius
  - February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM
3. Replies
  
  7
  
  Views
  
  7.1k
  
  7
4. Cassius
  February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM

Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode One Hundred Three - Corollaries to the Doctrines - Part Three 9

Episode One Hundred Ten - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part 2) 8

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

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

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

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

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

Episode 233 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism 9

Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

Episode 308 - TD36 - Tracing Epicurus' Key Ideas From the Principal Doctrines To The Tetrapharmakon To Cicero's Epicurean Speakers 19

Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9

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

Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 6

Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9

Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14

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

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

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

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

Episode 268 - Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life (The Role of Pleasure In Life) 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 One Hundred Thirty-Three - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 6

Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6

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

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

Episode One Hundred Twenty-One - Letter to Herodotus 11 - Atoms, The Soul, And Those Who Are Well Disposed Towards Us 4

Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

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

Display Options

Statistics