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    2. Sunday, December 7 - Zoom Meeting - 12:30 PM - Topic: Session Two Lucretius Book Review - Lines 29-102 1

      • Cassius
      • December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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    4. Cassius

      December 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM

    2. Sunday Zoom - July 13, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: The Nature of Divinity 3

      • Cassius
      • July 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
      • Cassius
      • July 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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    4. Adrastus

      July 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM

    2. Sunday Zoom - August 10, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: "He Who Says Nothing Can Be Known Knows Nothing" 2

      • Cassius
      • August 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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      • August 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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    4. Patrikios

      August 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM

    2. Sunday, October 12, 2025 - Sunday Zoom Discussion Topic - "Reinforcement Practices" - User-Submitted Suggestions 2

      • Cassius
      • October 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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      • October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      October 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM

    2. Sunday March 8, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 215 - REMEMBER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGE in US

      • Cassius
      • February 28, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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      • February 28, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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    2. Sunday Zoom - June 29, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: Nothing Can Be Created From Nothing 1

      • Cassius
      • June 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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    4. Cassius

      June 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM

    2. Sunday Zoom - July 27, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: "Death Is Nothing To Us" 1

      • Cassius
      • July 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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      • July 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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    4. Don

      July 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM

    2. Sunday, June 15 - Topic: The Letter of Cosma Raimondi

      • Cassius
      • June 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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    2. Sunday Zoom (Sun, Jun 1st 2025, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm)

      • Cassius
      • June 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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      • June 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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    2. Sunday Zoom - August 31, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: "Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life" 1

      • Cassius
      • August 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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      • August 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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    4. Cassius

      August 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM

    2. Sunday, June 14, 2025 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book Review - Lucretius Book 1 - 645 - The Competitor Theories As To What Things Are Made Of

      • Cassius
      • June 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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    2. Sunday April 26, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book 1 - 418 - Putting Matter and Void Together - And Concluding There Is Nothing Else

      • Cassius
      • April 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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      • April 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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    2. Sunday November 23, 2025 - Thankgsiving Topic: The Role of Food In an Epicurean Lifestyle - Also Fourth Sunday Format

      • Kalosyni
      • November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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      • November 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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    2. Sunday May 3, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book 1 - 430 - More On How Everything Fits In The Matter / Void Paradigm

      • Cassius
      • May 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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    2. Sunday April 12, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 329 - The Void

      • Cassius
      • April 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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      • April 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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    2. Sunday April 19, 2026 - Zoom Meeting - Lucretius Book Review - Starting Book One Line 346 - More On Void

      • Cassius
      • April 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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      • April 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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    2. Sunday Discussion Topic Announcement

      • Kalosyni
      • October 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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    2. Sunday, September 21, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: "Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time"

      • Cassius
      • September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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      • September 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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    2. Sunday, December 28 - Zoom Meeting - 12:30 PM - Topic: Fourth Sunday Special Topic "Epicurus and The Politics of The Fear of Death"

      • Cassius
      • December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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      • December 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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    2. Sunday May 10, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book 1 - 430 -

      • Cassius
      • May 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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    2. Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: "Life Is Desirable, But Unlimited Time Contains No Greater Pleasure Than Limited Time"

      • Cassius
      • September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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      • September 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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    2. Sunday May 17, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book 1 - 483

      • Cassius
      • May 16, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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    2. Sunday Zoom - September 7, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: "Pleasure Is The Guide Of Life"

      • Cassius
      • September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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      • September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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    2. Sunday Zoom - July 20, 2025 - 12:30 PM ET - Topic: Twentieth Meeting

      • Cassius
      • July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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      • July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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    2. Sunday May 24, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book Review - Lucretius Book 1 - 483 - Bodies

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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    2. Sunday May 31, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book Review - Lucretius Book 1 - 483 et seq

      • Cassius
      • May 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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    2. Sunday June 07, 2026 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book Review - Lucretius Book 1 - 655 et seq

      • Cassius
      • June 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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    2. Sunday, June 21, 2025 - Zoom Discussion 12:30 PM EST - Lucretius Book Review - Lucretius Book 1 - 734 - More on Issues Regarding What Things Are Made Of 1

      • Cassius
      • June 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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    4. Bryan

      June 14, 2026 at 3:45 PM

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