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    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Six - Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction - On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy 9

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      • June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM
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      June 15, 2022 at 9:06 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Eleven - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus 12

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      • February 22, 2022 at 10:06 PM
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      • March 7, 2022 at 11:21 PM
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    4. Godfrey

      March 7, 2022 at 11:21 PM

    2. Episode 161 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 15 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, And Feelings 02 (Sensations and Not An Empiricist) 3

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      • February 10, 2023 at 5:27 PM
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      February 14, 2023 at 7:50 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Three: Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time 10

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      • October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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    4. Julia

      October 13, 2024 at 7:17 AM

    2. Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 04 12

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      • August 20, 2023 at 5:12 PM
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      • August 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM
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      August 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM

    2. Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12

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      • December 9, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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      • December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM
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    4. Joshua

      December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM

    2. Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 11

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      • August 17, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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      • August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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      August 21, 2024 at 2:44 PM

    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 12

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      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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      • July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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      July 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM

    2. Episode 253 - How The "Riddle Of Epicurus" FIts Into the Epicurean View of The Gods - Cicero's OTNOTG 28 14

      • Cassius
      • October 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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      • November 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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      November 5, 2024 at 6:46 PM

    2. Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 13

      • Cassius
      • March 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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      • April 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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    4. Titus

      April 5, 2024 at 3:55 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Eight - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 13

      • Cassius
      • November 7, 2022 at 7:04 AM
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      • November 16, 2022 at 10:53 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

      November 16, 2022 at 10:53 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Nine - The Epicurean View of Friendship 11

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      • February 11, 2022 at 7:45 PM
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      • February 18, 2022 at 7:45 PM
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    4. Cassius

      February 18, 2022 at 7:45 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty - The Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter 18

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      • September 11, 2022 at 1:23 PM
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      • November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 8, 2024 at 10:23 AM

    2. Episode 194 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 04 16

      • Cassius
      • September 30, 2023 at 11:51 AM
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      • October 3, 2023 at 1:08 PM
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    4. Cassius

      October 3, 2023 at 1:08 PM

    2. An Epicurean Podcast 12

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      • July 5, 2019 at 2:49 PM
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      • July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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    4. Hiram

      July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

    2. Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good 14

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      • November 10, 2021 at 10:57 AM
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      • November 20, 2021 at 10:02 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 20, 2021 at 10:02 PM

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

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

      October 18, 2020 at 12:15 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty - Letter to Herodotus 09 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility 10

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      • April 30, 2022 at 9:46 AM
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      • June 22, 2022 at 5:59 AM
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    4. Martin

      June 22, 2022 at 5:59 AM

    2. Episode One Hundred Forty-Seven - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 15

      • Cassius
      • November 3, 2022 at 9:24 AM
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      • November 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM
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    4. Don

      November 10, 2022 at 10:26 AM

    2. Episode 226 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Epicurean Section 01 - Introduction 16

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      • April 21, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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      June 21, 2024 at 5:40 PM

    2. Episode 254 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much As Any Outright Atheist? - Cicero's OTNOTG 29 13

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      • November 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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      • November 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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      November 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM

    2. Episode 230 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity 18

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      • May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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    4. Bryan

      May 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM

    2. Episode 298 - TD26 - Facts And Feelings In Epicurean Philosophy - Part 1" 20

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      • September 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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      • September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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    4. Don

      September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM

    2. Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 10

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      • April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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      April 8, 2024 at 4:48 PM

    2. Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 15

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      • November 11, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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      • November 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM
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    4. Joshua

      November 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM

    2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Seven - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 16

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      • July 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM
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    4. Martin

      July 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM

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

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

      March 24, 2021 at 10:27 PM

    2. Episode 188 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 03 20

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      • August 17, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 24, 2023 at 8:06 PM

    2. Episode Ninety-Eight - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One) 15

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      • November 26, 2021 at 1:51 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      December 16, 2021 at 11:50 AM

    2. Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12

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      • January 26, 2020 at 8:53 AM
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      • July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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    4. Paquin

      July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM

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