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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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      • Nothing Can Be Created From Nothing - Nothing Can Be Destroyed To 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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    1. An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 12

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      • Answering the "Quest For Meaning" In Epicurean Terms
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    1. Why Do We Consider The Absence of Pain To Be Pleasure? 18

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      • Absence of Pain - By Pleasure We Mean All Experience That Is Not Painful
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    1. Prolepsis / Anticipations As Epicurus' Answer to the MENO Problem 34

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    1. Welcome Sulaimanaarbi 7

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    1. David Hume and his "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" 1

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    1. Video: Richard Dawkins v. Jordan Peterson (Mainly on Memes / Archetypes) 7

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    1. Episode 253 - How The "Riddle Of Epicurus" FIts Into the Epicurean View of The Gods - Cicero's OTNOTG 28 14

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    1. An Example of Stoic Logical Reasoning - On Divination

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      • On Divination
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    1. Episode 252 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods? 6

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    1. Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" 1

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      • William Shakespeare - References Relevant to Epicurus
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    1. Epicurean Philosophy And Boomer Word Associations ("Feeling No Pain") 3

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    1. Episode 251 - Cicero's OTNOTG 26 - How Niagara Falls Helps Us Understand the Flux, the Heap, and the Epicurean Gods 15

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      • October 18, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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    1. Welcome Mellreh! 3

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    1. Clear But Not Convincing Evidence 7

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    1. Episode 250 - Cicero's OTNOTG 25: The Relationship of "Images" To All Human Thought - Not Just To "The Gods" 5

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      • October 12, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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    1. EpicureanFriends Status Report / Thanks-giving in October

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    1. Distinguishing Metrodorus of Chios from Metrodorus of Lampsacus 4

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    1. Aetius and his "Placata" 7

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    1. Logical Fallacies Addressed In Epicurean Texts

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    1. Episode 249 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 - Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness? 29

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    1. Episode 248 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 - Cotta Pushes The "Argument By Design" Against The Epicurean View That All - Including Gods - Is Natural 2

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      • September 28, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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    1. Welcome SillyApe 9

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