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    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 Thirty-Eight: Start of Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell 6

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      • September 26, 2020 at 10:23 AM
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      • September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM
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    4. Cassius

      September 1, 2021 at 4:34 AM

    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 302 - TD30 - Epicurus and Roads Paved With Good Intentions 5

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      • October 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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      • October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM

    2. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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      July 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM

    2. Episode 250 - Cicero's OTNOTG 25: The Relationship of "Images" To All Human Thought - Not Just To "The Gods" 5

      • Cassius
      • October 12, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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      • October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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      October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM

    2. Episode 235 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View Of Divinity 5

      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      August 10, 2024 at 6:27 PM

    2. Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi 5

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      • April 20, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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      • May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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      May 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM

    2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5

      • Cassius
      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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      • December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM
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      December 9, 2023 at 3:47 AM

    2. Episode 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04 5

      • Cassius
      • January 31, 2023 at 7:05 AM
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      • February 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM
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      February 5, 2023 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Thirty Two - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More On The Weather 5

      • Cassius
      • July 30, 2022 at 6:44 AM
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      July 30, 2022 at 6:44 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

      • Cassius
      • June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 3, 2022 at 9:51 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • 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 Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5

      • Cassius
      • October 4, 2021 at 8:40 PM
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      • October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM

    2. Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5

      • Cassius
      • September 3, 2021 at 10:33 AM
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      • September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM
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      September 6, 2021 at 7:57 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 Seventy-Six - The Rise of Humans and Early Human Society 5

      • Cassius
      • June 28, 2021 at 5:28 PM
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    4. Cassius

      June 28, 2021 at 5:28 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Three - More on The Sun, The Moon, And Related Astronomical Questions 5

      • Cassius
      • June 7, 2021 at 4:58 PM
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    4. Joshua

      June 7, 2021 at 4:58 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-One - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 5

      • Cassius
      • March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 15, 2021 at 8:27 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5

      • Cassius
      • July 16, 2020 at 10:27 AM
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      • July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM
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      July 20, 2020 at 9:22 AM

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

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

    2. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

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      • March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
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      • July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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      July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • 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 313 - TD40 - Diagnosing When Words Are Empty Of Meaning 4

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      • December 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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      • December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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      December 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM

    2. Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States 4

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      • November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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      • December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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      December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM

    2. Episode 301 - TD29 - Epicurus And The Question Of Ends Justifying Means 4

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      • September 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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      • October 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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      October 14, 2025 at 2:22 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

    2. Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4

      • Cassius
      • April 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
      • Cassius
      • May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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      May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM

    2. Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4

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      • March 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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      • March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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      March 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism" 4

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      • January 17, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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      • January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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    4. Don

      January 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM

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