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    1. Caesar The Epicurean? A Matter of Life and Death - Volk 2022 2

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    1. Episode 263 - "All Sensations Are True" 1

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    1. How Do We Have Confidence In Dealing With Texts Written In Languages To Which We Are Not Native? 7

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    1. The Logical Possibilities As To What Can Be Eternal (Applicable to Gods As Well)

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    1. Aonius Palearius - Sixteenth Century Figure With Some Epicurean Sympathies

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    1. Episode 262 - He Who Says "Nothing Can Be Known" Knows Nothing 4

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    1. Episode 261 - Death Is Nothing To Us 3

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    1. Euclid / Euclidian Influences On Epicurus 1

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    1. When Epicureans Choose Pain / When Epicureans Treat Pain As Good 4

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    1. Episode 260 - The Universe Is Infinite And Eternal And Has No Gods Over It 4

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    1. Welcome Jason! 5

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    1. Suggested on Facebook As Possibly Relevant to Epicurean Canonics "Wilding the Predictive Brain"

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    1. Article: "Extraterrestrial Life May Look Nothing Like Life On Earth..." (and for our purposes, applying the article to "gods") 31

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    1. How Would Epicurus Analyze The Slogan "Live Free Or Die" As An Ethical Guide? 6

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      • There Is No Necessity To Live Under the Control of Necessity - Against Determinism
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    1. Comments on Greek Monetary Units 18

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    1. November 2024 General Thoughts On What Epicurean Philosophy Means To Me. 6

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    1. Cicero's "Academic Questions"

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    1. Episode 259 - Nothing Comes From Nothing 16

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

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    1. Episode 257 - There Is No Necessity To Live Under Necessity - Part 1 12

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    1. Episode 256 - Epicurean Gods: Real, Or Ideal Thought Constructs? 3

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    1. Episode 255 - Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves - CIcero's OTNOTG 30 14

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    1. New Slideshow: Nothing Comes From Nothing

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    1. Episode 254 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much As Any Outright Atheist? - Cicero's OTNOTG 29 13

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