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    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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    2. Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For the Truth Rather than Make-Believe 3

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    2. Episode 166 - The Lucretius Today Podcast Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 46

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    2. Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11

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    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

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    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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    2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5

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      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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    2. Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19

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    2. Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23

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      • November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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    2. Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 15

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    2. Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6

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    2. Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17

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    2. Episode 199 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08 8

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      • October 28, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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    2. Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One 10

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      • January 10, 2023 at 12:58 AM
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    2. Episode 198 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07 3

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    2. Episode 197 -LucretiusToday Interviews Dr. Marcelo Boeri 22

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    2. Episode 196 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06 62

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      • October 10, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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    2. Episode 195 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05 67

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

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    2. Episode 193 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03 4

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    2. Episode 192 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens 4

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    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

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    2. Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21

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    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 11

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

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    2. Upcoming Series: The Lucretius Today Podcast Reviews And Responds To Books One And Two of Cicero's On Ends

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

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    2. Episode 186 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 38 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 01 10

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    2. Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 02 1

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    2. Episode 185 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08 4

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    2. The Religion of Nature - as supported by Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 4

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