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Episode 219 of the Lucretius Today Podcast is now available. In this episode we continue to address Cicero's attacks on Epicurus' views on pain.
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Would You Rather Live For A Week As (1) Epicurus During the Last Week of His Life or (2) An Anonymous Shepherd Laying In The Grass In The Summertime With No Pain At All? 104
- Cassius
September 6, 2023 at 2:36 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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An Epicurean Understanding of Pleasure 96
- Kalosyni
October 4, 2021 at 1:39 PM
- Kalosyni
October 10, 2021 at 4:36 PM
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"Setting Before the Eyes" 49
- Don
January 28, 2022 at 6:15 PM
- Don
February 3, 2022 at 10:32 PM
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So You Want To Learn Ancient Greek Or Latin? 47
- burninglights
November 17, 2023 at 8:20 PM
- burninglights
March 17, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Compassion in Epicurean Philosophy 42
- Joshua
February 7, 2022 at 12:20 AM
- Joshua
February 9, 2022 at 9:55 PM
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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
- Cassius
February 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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"Absence Of Pain Is Pleasure" - How Would You Articulate That To Someone? 30
- Eoghan Gardiner
November 15, 2023 at 9:32 AM
- Eoghan Gardiner
December 2, 2023 at 12:47 PM
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Practical Pleasure-Pain Perspectives: How Different is 99% Pleasure From 100% Pleasure? 13
- Cassius
October 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM
- Cassius
October 6, 2023 at 10:24 AM
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Major Herculaneum Scroll News: "In the closing section of the text our author takes a parting shot at his adversaries, who 'have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular, when it is a question of definition.'” 12
- Cassius
February 5, 2024 at 12:08 PM
- Cassius
March 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
- Cassius
December 10, 2023 at 5:41 PM
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Maximum pleasure as absence of all pain: a philosophical question concerning neuroscientific and Epicurean outlook toward the feeling of pleasure 10
- shahabgh66
January 20, 2024 at 4:26 AM
- shahabgh66
January 26, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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A Draft of A Pie Chart Presentation of Basic Concepts In Epicurean Pleasure 7
- Cassius
November 30, 2023 at 2:21 PM
- Cassius
December 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 4
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Can You Provide A Simplified Outline of The Most Important Principles Of The Epicurean System?
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
- Cassius
December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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I'm not going to translate this 5
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 3:42 PM
- michelepinto
May 11, 2019 at 5:46 PM
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Guyau - Interesting Summary Essay - The Morality of Epicurus And Its Relationship To Contemporary Doctrines 5
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 1:21 PM
- Cassius
May 2, 2019 at 4:18 PM
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Epicurus, Ionia and India. 5
- Rivelle
April 6, 2019 at 1:02 AM
- Rivelle
April 7, 2019 at 5:27 AM
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The Ethical Implications Of Epicurus' Theology 5
- Hiram
April 2, 2019 at 10:21 AM
- Hiram
April 23, 2019 at 9:54 AM
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How to live a Good Life Featured in PW 5
- Hiram
March 26, 2019 at 8:24 AM
- Hiram
January 7, 2020 at 11:32 AM
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Venus: Conceiving The Good 5
- Cassius
February 26, 2019 at 2:22 PM
- Cassius
February 27, 2019 at 10:05 AM
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Meeting the Epicurean challenge: a reply to Christensen 5
- Hiram
February 25, 2019 at 7:26 AM
- Hiram
February 28, 2019 at 9:54 AM
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Concerning religiosity 5
- Cassius
February 22, 2019 at 7:28 AM
- Cassius
February 22, 2019 at 4:23 PM
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After Religion and Death, The Third Greatest Threat To Happiness As The Highest Goal of Life 5
- Cassius
December 27, 2018 at 4:33 PM
- Cassius
December 28, 2018 at 10:42 AM
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Free Epicurean Materials Torrent Content Suggestions 5
- godek
December 12, 2018 at 7:05 PM
- godek
December 13, 2018 at 5:26 PM
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Sports are fun but is exercise really something Epicurus would have lauded? 4
- Peter Konstans
March 14, 2024 at 1:33 PM
- Peter Konstans
March 21, 2024 at 6:41 AM
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Given The Stress That Many Greek Philosophers' Placed On "Virtue" or a perfect view of "The Good" As The Ultimate Goal, To What Extent Would An Epicurus Have Considered That Approach An "Unnatural and Unnecessary Desire?" 4
- Cassius
February 26, 2024 at 4:51 PM
- Cassius
February 26, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Lucretius AI 4
- sanantoniogarden
January 28, 2024 at 5:50 PM
- sanantoniogarden
January 29, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Lucy Hutchinson / Puritans / Cromwell 4
- Cassius
September 3, 2023 at 7:51 AM
- Cassius
January 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Epicurean Philosophy for the Sensitive Soul 4
- Kalosyni
June 2, 2023 at 3:25 PM
- Kalosyni
July 12, 2023 at 11:25 AM
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New Work of Historical Fiction With Epicurean Connections by Christian Luchini - "The Posillipo Enigma" 4
- Cassius
May 25, 2023 at 9:11 AM
- Cassius
June 29, 2023 at 1:38 PM
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Eudoxus - Precursor to Epicurus and More Like Him Than Aristippus? 4
- Cassius
May 12, 2023 at 7:51 PM
- Cassius
May 12, 2023 at 9:32 PM
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Happy 20th Graphic - April 20, 2023 4
- Kalosyni
April 20, 2023 at 9:40 AM
- Kalosyni
April 20, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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Another New Book On Epicurus Coming - Dr Ben Gazur - "Epicurus And His Influence On History" 4
- Cassius
January 13, 2023 at 7:53 PM
- Cassius
January 14, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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A Word About Words 4
- Pacatus
December 9, 2022 at 1:13 PM
- Pacatus
December 9, 2022 at 9:23 PM
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Epicurus and the Pleasure of the Stomach 4
- Kalosyni
August 16, 2022 at 8:16 AM
- Kalosyni
August 16, 2022 at 3:02 PM
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A List of Life Pleasures 4
- Kalosyni
August 3, 2022 at 11:20 AM
- Kalosyni
August 3, 2022 at 5:44 PM
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Is there a notion of cultivating "sensitivity" in Epicureanism? 4
- Root304
May 27, 2022 at 8:34 PM
- Root304
May 27, 2022 at 10:55 PM
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The Life Enhancing Benefits of Epicurean Philosophy 4
- Kalosyni
April 23, 2022 at 6:56 PM
- Kalosyni
April 30, 2022 at 7:58 PM
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Meme Creativity Requested! 4
- Cassius
October 22, 2021 at 1:15 PM
- Cassius
October 22, 2021 at 5:01 PM
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The Pocket Epicurean by John Sellars 4
- Joshua
September 22, 2021 at 10:59 PM
- Joshua
September 23, 2021 at 11:35 PM
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Congratulations to Matt on his addition to his family 4
- Cassius
April 1, 2021 at 9:44 AM
- Cassius
April 13, 2021 at 10:03 PM
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A Sobering Look at Google Ngrams 4
- Joshua
February 18, 2021 at 10:32 PM
- Joshua
February 19, 2021 at 8:40 AM
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Thanksgiving 4
- Don
November 25, 2020 at 2:47 PM
- Don
November 26, 2020 at 12:25 PM
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Chris Rodda, "Liars for Jesus" 4
- Joshua
July 16, 2020 at 1:50 PM
- Joshua
July 16, 2020 at 7:35 PM
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