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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 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15
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2. Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11
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2. Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4
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2. Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1
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2. Episode 358 - EATAQ40 - Continuing in Part 18 of Book 2 of Academic Questions
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2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5
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2. Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7
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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 Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4
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2. Episode Eighty - The Development of Metallurgy And the Art of War 3
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2. Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3
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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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2. Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2
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  - September 17, 2021 at 5:10 PM
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2. Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23
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2. Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6
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2. Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2
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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 Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4
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2. Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1
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2. Episode Fifty - Opening of Book Four - Beginning the DIscussion of Images 2
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  - December 18, 2020 at 8:20 PM
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2. Episode Fifty-Eight - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images 24
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2. Episode Fifty-Five - Reason Is Dependent On The Senses (Part 2) 56
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2. Episode Fifty-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3
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2. Episode Fifty-Nine - The Uses Of The Body Were Not Designed Before They Arose 2
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2. Episode Fifty-One - The Workings of Images 17
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2. Episode Fifty-Seven - Taste, Smell, and The Subjectivity of the Senses 2
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2. Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1
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2. Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1
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2. Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1
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2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode 354 - EATAQ36 - The "Monstrous Absurdity" of Academic Skepticism 15

Episode 355 - EATAQ37 - Have We Lived All Our Lives In A House of Mirrors? 11

Episode 356 - EATAQ38 - The Skeptics Argue Every Side But Conceal Their Conclusions 4

Episode 357 - EATAQ39 - A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal of Skepticism 1

Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

Episode Eight-Four - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning - Very Very Frightning Part Two 7

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

Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

Episode Eighty - The Development of Metallurgy And the Art of War 3

Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3

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

Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2

Episode Eighty-One - Development of the Arts - The End of Book Five 23

Episode Eighty-Six - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 6

Episode Eighty-Three - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2

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

Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1

Episode Fifty - Opening of Book Four - Beginning the DIscussion of Images 2

Episode Fifty-Eight - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images 24

Episode Fifty-Five - Reason Is Dependent On The Senses (Part 2) 56

Episode Fifty-Four: Reason Is Dependent On The Senses 3

Episode Fifty-Nine - The Uses Of The Body Were Not Designed Before They Arose 2

Episode Fifty-One - The Workings of Images 17

Episode Fifty-Seven - Taste, Smell, and The Subjectivity of the Senses 2

Episode Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1

Episode Fifty-Three - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 1

Episode Fifty-Two - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 1

Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2

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