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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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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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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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Opportunities for Activism And Collaboration Here At EpicureanFriends.com 33
- Cassius
April 2, 2020 at 9:59 AM
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August 25, 2021 at 12:16 AM
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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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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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"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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"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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New Users Please Read Here First
- Cassius
November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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November 22, 2019 at 2:20 PM
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Is All "Ataraxia" Equal? 30
- Cassius
November 18, 2023 at 7:47 PM
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February 19, 2024 at 12:29 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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Cassius' Latest Single Page Outline Of Epicurean Philosophy 11
- Cassius
December 6, 2023 at 11:09 AM
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December 10, 2023 at 5:41 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
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December 2, 2023 at 3:27 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
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December 9, 2018 at 10:54 AM
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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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Top Ten Recognizable Epicurean "Slogans" 4
- Cassius
March 25, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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March 25, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Poem - Firewood
- Joshua
November 3, 2020 at 12:25 AM
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November 3, 2020 at 12:25 AM
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Contemporary Chronology 2
- Don
December 29, 2020 at 10:56 PM
- Don
December 30, 2020 at 7:17 AM
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Mochus (or Moschus) the Phoenician 1
- Joshua
July 6, 2020 at 1:53 PM
- Joshua
July 6, 2020 at 2:55 PM
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A Few Recent Acquisitions 1
- Joshua
August 14, 2019 at 10:58 PM
- Joshua
August 15, 2019 at 9:31 AM
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Images of Polyaenus? 3
- Twentier
February 22, 2022 at 8:47 AM
- Twentier
February 23, 2022 at 4:57 PM
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A sage “masters wealth” - Epicurus 1
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 1:05 PM
- Hiram
July 10, 2019 at 2:36 PM
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Comparison Between Cyrenaic and Epicurean Epistemology 5
- Cassius
April 23, 2023 at 4:58 PM
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April 30, 2023 at 11:40 AM
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David Attenborough on Lucretius 2
- Joshua
May 6, 2021 at 12:28 AM
- Joshua
May 6, 2021 at 9:18 AM
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"Uninspiring Responses of the Day" Thread 1
- Cassius
June 1, 2020 at 9:57 AM
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June 1, 2020 at 4:29 PM
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The UK / Count Dankula Verdict
- Cassius
March 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM
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March 20, 2018 at 1:42 PM
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New Article: "Free Will In Epicurean Philosophy" - by Dimitris Liarmakopoulos
- Cassius
May 18, 2019 at 11:03 AM
- Cassius
May 18, 2019 at 11:03 AM
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A scholarship for best work about Epicurus 1
- michelepinto
February 7, 2020 at 4:10 AM
- michelepinto
February 7, 2020 at 6:53 AM
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Maximus of Tyre, Socrates and Epicurus 1
- Godfrey
November 22, 2020 at 4:12 PM
- Godfrey
November 22, 2020 at 6:05 PM
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If Anyone Is Working On A Research Or Writing Post Please Be Sure To Post And Ask For Help
- Cassius
April 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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April 2, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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Virgil's "Felix Qui Potuit Rerum Cognoscere Causas.." 1
- Cassius
July 7, 2023 at 1:00 PM
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July 7, 2023 at 1:19 PM
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Happy Holidays To All! 1
- Cassius
December 23, 2019 at 1:57 PM
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December 23, 2019 at 2:32 PM
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, XI.5; & Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus, III.6 8
- Don
November 10, 2023 at 7:47 AM
- Don
November 11, 2023 at 3:06 PM
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A Pleasant Life instead of Pleasure 7
- EricR
August 4, 2023 at 8:14 AM
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August 5, 2023 at 8:27 PM
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Vice article on Stoicism (mentions Epicurus) 2
- Don
July 24, 2021 at 11:47 PM
- Don
July 25, 2021 at 6:53 AM
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You Only Live Once
- Cassius
October 6, 2018 at 10:48 AM
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October 6, 2018 at 10:48 AM
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Christos Yapijakis: "Mistakes of Cognitive Perception and Epicurean Prudence"
- Cassius
February 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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February 16, 2019 at 11:43 AM
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Event Described in Torquatus 2
- ccarruth42
December 26, 2022 at 7:01 AM
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December 26, 2022 at 10:42 AM
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New Audio Presentation By Emily Austin - Prepared for The "Next Big Idea" Podcast 2
- Cassius
January 5, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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January 6, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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Ancient Greek Festivals and Rites 2
- Don
April 27, 2022 at 5:27 AM
- Don
June 20, 2022 at 10:22 AM
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"Filling The Gas Tank of Life"
- Cassius
March 21, 2019 at 2:41 PM
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March 21, 2019 at 2:41 PM
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Article: Scientists Didn’t Believe in Meteorites Until 1803 3
- Kalosyni
December 15, 2022 at 10:45 AM
- Kalosyni
December 15, 2022 at 5:29 PM
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Florida Panhandle Fires 1
- Joshua
May 7, 2020 at 8:52 AM
- Joshua
May 7, 2020 at 5:17 PM
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Illusions and Trusting the Senses - An Example
- Cassius
May 16, 2018 at 9:59 AM
- Cassius
May 16, 2018 at 9:59 AM
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Epicurus And Pleasure As The Awareness Of Smooth Motion 13
- Cassius
May 10, 2023 at 9:18 AM
- Cassius
February 6, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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Neuroscience of Happiness and Pleasure -- Morten L. Kringelbach and Kent C. Berridge 2
- Kalosyni
June 27, 2022 at 7:53 PM
- Kalosyni
June 27, 2022 at 8:53 PM
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