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    2. Episode Sixty-Six - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 7

      • Cassius
      • April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM
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    4. Cassius

      April 14, 2021 at 10:47 AM

    2. Episode Sixty-Five - Introducing A New Panelist (Don) and Recapping the Opening of Book Five 14

      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2021 at 9:33 PM
      • Cassius
      • April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM
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    4. Bryan

      April 10, 2021 at 11:57 AM

    2. Episode Sixty-Four - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 1

      • Cassius
      • March 25, 2021 at 8:18 PM
      • Cassius
      • March 30, 2021 at 9:10 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 30, 2021 at 9:10 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Three - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3) 1

      • Cassius
      • March 17, 2021 at 10:01 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 25, 2021 at 8:14 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 25, 2021 at 8:14 PM

    2. Episode Sixty-Two - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2) 11

      • Cassius
      • March 12, 2021 at 10:06 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM
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    4. Don

      March 24, 2021 at 10:27 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 Sixty - Dreams and the Mind's Use of Images 34

      • Cassius
      • February 27, 2021 at 9:07 AM
      • Cassius
      • March 3, 2021 at 10:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      March 3, 2021 at 10:39 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 Fifty-Eight - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images 24

      • Cassius
      • February 13, 2021 at 10:07 AM
      • Cassius
      • May 19, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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    4. Julia

      May 19, 2024 at 9:51 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 Fifty-Six - More On The Operation of the Senses - Hearing And Taste 1

      • Cassius
      • January 25, 2021 at 4:58 PM
      • Cassius
      • February 6, 2021 at 6:39 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 6, 2021 at 6:39 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 23, 2021 at 10:38 AM
      • Cassius
      • February 8, 2021 at 7:50 AM
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    4. Don

      February 8, 2021 at 7:50 AM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 9, 2021 at 8:48 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 16, 2021 at 6:44 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 16, 2021 at 6:44 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • January 2, 2021 at 11:59 AM
      • Cassius
      • January 10, 2021 at 8:36 PM
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    4. Cassius

      January 10, 2021 at 8:36 PM

    2. Episode Fifty-One - The Workings of Images 17

      • Cassius
      • December 24, 2020 at 2:09 PM
      • Cassius
      • January 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM
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    4. Elayne

      January 6, 2021 at 2:17 PM

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

      • Cassius
      • December 18, 2020 at 8:20 PM
      • Cassius
      • December 27, 2020 at 12:38 PM
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    4. Don

      December 27, 2020 at 12:38 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 Forty-Eight - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 1

      • Cassius
      • December 5, 2020 at 9:19 AM
      • Cassius
      • December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 11, 2020 at 9:07 PM

    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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      December 9, 2020 at 6:24 AM

    2. Episode Forty-Six - Conclusion of the Argument That the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death 1

      • Cassius
      • November 21, 2020 at 12:06 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 28, 2020 at 7:32 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Five - Further Arguments For the Mortality of the Soul 1

      • Cassius
      • November 13, 2020 at 8:05 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 20, 2020 at 8:25 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 20, 2020 at 8:25 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Four - The Mind Cannot Continue to Exist Separately From The Body After Death 1

      • Cassius
      • November 7, 2020 at 11:02 AM
      • Cassius
      • November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM
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      November 13, 2020 at 8:02 PM

    2. Episode Forty-Three - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 1

      • Cassius
      • October 30, 2020 at 10:12 PM
      • Cassius
      • November 7, 2020 at 9:55 AM
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      November 7, 2020 at 9:55 AM

    2. Episode Forty-Two - The Mind works through the senses; it is a relatively small part of the body; the Mind has more power than the "spirit," but both mind and spirit are mortal 1

      • Cassius
      • October 24, 2020 at 2:48 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 30, 2020 at 9:53 PM
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      October 30, 2020 at 9:53 PM

    2. Episode Forty-One - The Nature of the Mind and Spirit Is Complex; Sense is Not a Property of The Elements That Make Them, But An Event of Their Combination And Motions 2

      • Cassius
      • October 17, 2020 at 12:00 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 25, 2020 at 1:44 PM
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      October 25, 2020 at 1:44 PM

    2. Episode Forty - The Mind and Spirit Are Bodily, Composed of Very Fine Atoms 7

      • Cassius
      • October 8, 2020 at 7:27 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM
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      October 18, 2020 at 4:08 PM

    2. Episode Thirty-Nine - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot 11

      • Cassius
      • September 29, 2020 at 6:08 PM
      • Cassius
      • October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM
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    4. Don

      October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM

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

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

    2. Episode Thirty-Seven: End of Book Two - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 1

      • Cassius
      • September 14, 2020 at 9:33 AM
      • Cassius
      • September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM
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      September 26, 2020 at 8:26 PM

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