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

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2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
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2. Episode Eighty-Two - The Opening Of Book Six - Restatement of the Goal of the Poem 5
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2. Episode 235 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View Of Divinity 5
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2. Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6
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2. Episode Seventy-Six - The Rise of Humans and Early Human Society 5
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2. Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6
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2. Episode 150 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus 4
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2. Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6
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2. Episode Seventy-Three - More on The Sun, The Moon, And Related Astronomical Questions 5
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2. Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7
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2. Episode Twenty-Six - The Atoms Are Not Uniform 4
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2. Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4
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2. Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4
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2. Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6
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2. Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6
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2. Episode Forty-Seven - Death is Nothing To Us 2
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2. Episode One Hundred Sixteen - Letter to Herodotus 05 - More Fundamental Physics 4
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2. Episode Twenty-Eight - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 5
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2. Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12
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2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5
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2. Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5
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2. Episode One Hundred Thirty Two - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More On The Weather 5
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2. Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5
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2. Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6
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2. Episode One Hundred Thirteen - Letter to Herodotus 02 - Principles of Thinking 4
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2. Episode 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04 5
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2. Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For the Truth Rather than Make-Believe 3
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2. Episode 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01 4
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2. Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11
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2. Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6
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2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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

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

Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 6

Episode Seventy-Six - The Rise of Humans and Early Human Society 5

Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 6

Episode 150 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus 4

Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6

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

Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7

Episode Twenty-Six - The Atoms Are Not Uniform 4

Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4

Episode One Hundred Thirty - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 4

Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6

Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6

Episode Forty-Seven - Death is Nothing To Us 2

Episode One Hundred Sixteen - Letter to Herodotus 05 - More Fundamental Physics 4

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

Episode 290 - TD20 - TipToeing Around All Disturbance Is Not Living 12

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

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

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

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

Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6

Episode One Hundred Thirteen - Letter to Herodotus 02 - Principles of Thinking 4

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

Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For the Truth Rather than Make-Believe 3

Episode 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01 4

Episode 288 - TD18 - Tusculan Disputations Part 3 - "Will The Wise Man Feel Grief Or Other Strong Emotions?" 11

Episode 281 - TD12 - Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or Even An Evil At All? 6

Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

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