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

      • Cassius
      • June 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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    4. DaveT

      June 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM

    2. Episode Forty-Seven - Death is Nothing To Us 2

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2020 at 5:58 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2020 at 6:24 AM
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    4. Cassius

      December 9, 2020 at 6:24 AM

    2. Episode 198 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07 3

      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM

    2. Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02 4

      • Cassius
      • May 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM

    2. Episode 231 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death? 4

      • Cassius
      • June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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    4. Bryan

      June 8, 2024 at 12:02 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Three - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 3) The Superiority of The Epicurean Viewpoint on "Gods" 3

      • Cassius
      • October 5, 2022 at 10:51 AM
      • Cassius
      • October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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    4. Julia

      October 27, 2024 at 1:20 AM

    2. Episode 160 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 14 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 01 3

      • Cassius
      • January 31, 2023 at 7:19 AM
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      • February 7, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 7, 2023 at 4:17 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Two - Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life 3

      • Cassius
      • June 21, 2020 at 11:15 PM
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    4. Don

      June 21, 2020 at 11:15 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
      • Cassius
      • October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM

    2. Lucretius Today - Episodes of Special Note 3

      • Cassius
      • January 10, 2023 at 1:19 PM
      • Cassius
      • March 29, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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    4. Joshua

      March 29, 2023 at 7:19 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Nine - The End of Book Three 4

      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2020 at 10:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM
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    4. Don

      December 22, 2020 at 4:56 PM

    2. Episode 265 - The Deep-Set Boundary Stone - Epicurus and The Perils of Applying the Principles of Geometry to Ethical Philosophy 3

      • Cassius
      • January 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • February 3, 2020 at 8:14 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM

    2. Episode Seventy-Eight - Ethical Issues Arising In The Formation of Societies 2

      • Cassius
      • July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      July 10, 2021 at 5:59 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • February 5, 2021 at 6:40 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM
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    4. Don

      February 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM

    2. Episode Twenty-Seven: There Is A Limit To The Size of Atoms 3

      • Cassius
      • July 11, 2020 at 11:23 AM
      • Cassius
      • July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM
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    4. Cassius

      July 18, 2020 at 6:04 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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    4. Cassius

      May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM

    2. Episode 192 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens 4

      • Cassius
      • September 12, 2023 at 6:47 PM
      • Cassius
      • September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM
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    4. Cassius

      September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM

    2. Episode 175 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04 3

      • Cassius
      • May 24, 2023 at 10:20 PM
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    4. Cassius

      May 24, 2023 at 10:20 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 16, 2021 at 8:01 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 17, 2021 at 1:05 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 17, 2021 at 1:05 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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    4. Don

      July 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • July 18, 2021 at 10:44 PM
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    4. Cassius

      July 18, 2021 at 10:44 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Four - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good 3

      • Cassius
      • October 11, 2022 at 5:21 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 22, 2022 at 2:51 PM
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    4. Don

      October 22, 2022 at 2:51 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Five - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Completion of the Letter 2

      • Cassius
      • June 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 11, 2022 at 10:01 AM

    2. Episode 248 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 - Cotta Pushes The "Argument By Design" Against The Epicurean View That All - Including Gods - Is Natural 2

      • Cassius
      • September 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • February 19, 2021 at 10:26 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2021 at 8:05 AM
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    4. Don

      March 3, 2021 at 8:05 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      January 2, 2024 at 2:34 PM

    2. Episode 262 - He Who Says "Nothing Can Be Known" Knows Nothing 4

      • Cassius
      • December 29, 2024 at 12:06 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM

    2. Episode 261 - Death Is Nothing To Us 3

      • Cassius
      • December 23, 2024 at 2:25 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 30, 2024 at 9:05 PM

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