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.

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

      • Cassius
      • August 28, 2024 at 9:36 PM
      • Cassius
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    4. Cassius

      September 4, 2024 at 7:55 AM

    2. Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

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      • July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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    4. Don

      July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM

    2. 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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      • August 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM

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

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      • December 31, 2021 at 11:02 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 8, 2022 at 7:42 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      January 8, 2022 at 7:42 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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    4. Don

      March 26, 2022 at 9:56 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM
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    4. Onenski

      July 9, 2023 at 10:00 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 30, 2024 at 1:04 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-One - The Universe Has No Center 5

      • Cassius
      • July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 28, 2021 at 7:41 AM

    2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

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      • February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
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      • July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM

    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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    4. Cassius

      December 13, 2022 at 10:41 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 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
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    4. Titus

      April 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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      • September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 29, 2024 at 4:50 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      July 29, 2023 at 6:36 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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      • December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 31, 2022 at 12:55 PM

    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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    4. Don

      August 30, 2021 at 7:52 AM

    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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    4. Cassius

      June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM

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

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

      April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    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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    4. Cassius

      August 6, 2022 at 6:41 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

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      • March 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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      • March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
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    4. Cassius

      March 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM
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    4. Don

      May 23, 2022 at 9:35 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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      • August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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    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

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      • November 13, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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      • October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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      October 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6

      • Cassius
      • August 28, 2021 at 7:52 AM
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      • September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM
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    4. Don

      September 5, 2021 at 5:11 PM

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

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      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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      • December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM
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      December 23, 2023 at 9:16 PM

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

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      • December 17, 2021 at 6:09 PM
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      • December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      December 23, 2021 at 5:12 PM

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

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      • February 14, 2023 at 6:33 PM
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      • February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM
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      February 21, 2023 at 10:12 AM

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

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      • November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM

    2. Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5

      • Cassius
      • August 6, 2021 at 11:02 PM
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    4. Don

      August 6, 2021 at 11:02 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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    4. Don

      June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM

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