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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 One Hundred Forty-Four - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good 3
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2. Episode 276 - TD06 - Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul? 3
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2. Episode One Hundred Twenty-Five - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Completion of the Letter 2
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2. Episode 248 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 - Cotta Pushes The "Argument By Design" Against The Epicurean View That All - Including Gods - Is Natural 2
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2. Episode 210 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure 2
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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 158 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 12 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 03 3
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2. Episode 169 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02 3
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2. Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2
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2. Episode 258 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Part 2 (Conclusion) 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 232 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods 3
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2. Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2
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2. Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11
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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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2. Episode Seventy - More On The End of The World 2
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2. Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism" 4
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2. Episode Thirty-Five - More Reasons Why The Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense 2
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2. Episode 274 - TD04 - Is The Soul Held Down By The Body, And Does Death Allow The Soul To Ascend To A Better Place? 2
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2. Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4
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2. Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5
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2. Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6
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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
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2. Episode Fifty - Opening of Book Four - Beginning the DIscussion of Images 2
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2. Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3
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2. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1
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2. Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3
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2. Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1
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2. Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6
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2. What Kinds Of Podcasts Should We Target First? 3
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

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

Episode 276 - TD06 - Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul? 3

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

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

Episode 210 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure 2

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

Episode 158 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 12 - The Canon, Reason, and Nature 03 3

Episode 169 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02 3

Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2

Episode 258 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Part 2 (Conclusion) 3

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

Episode 232 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods 3

Episode Twenty-Four: The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2

Episode 321 - EATAQ 03 - The Epicurean Criticism of Socrates For Denouncing Natural Science 11

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

Episode Seventy - More On The End of The World 2

Episode 264 - "Bread and Water!!?? Debunking The Myth of Epicurean Asceticism" 4

Episode Thirty-Five - More Reasons Why The Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense 2

Episode 274 - TD04 - Is The Soul Held Down By The Body, And Does Death Allow The Soul To Ascend To A Better Place? 2

Episode 272 - TD02 - Is Death An Evil? 4

Episode 289 - TD19 - "Epicureans Are Not Spocks!" 5

Episode 291 - TD21 - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed" 6

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

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

Episode 280 - TD11 - On Death And Daring To Live 3

Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

Episode 266 - The Epicurean Paradigm Shift 3

Episode One Hundred Thirty-One - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 1

Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6

What Kinds Of Podcasts Should We Target First? 3

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