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    1. Epicurean Philosophy In Relation To Gulags and the Rack 6

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    1. Episode 278 - TD08 - Two Opposite Views On When We Might Be Better Off Dead 4

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    1. Driving Away Bad Habits "Like Evil Men Who Have Long Done Us Great Harm" (Including Addictions)

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    1. Establishing a Regular Zoom For Better Coverage Of More Time Zones - Including Europe 3

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    1. Welcome Vlasalv! 6

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    1. "Voices From The Ancient World" Greek and Latin Reference Site

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    1. Episode 277 - TD07 - Platonism Says This World Is Darkness But The Next World Is Light - Epicurus Disagrees! 12

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    1. References on Motion in Lucretius and Diogenes Laertius 2

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    1. Was Bruno An Epicurean Or A Pantheist? 1

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    1. Who Was The Most Recent Explicitly Epicurean Philosopher?

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    1. Episode 276 - TD06 - Is Memory Evidence For The Divinity Of The Soul? 3

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    1. Elihu Palmer On The Origin of Motion (Eternal, Property of Matter) From "Principles of Nature" 1806

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    1. Sermon On Natural Religion - By "A Natural Man" - Likely Thomas Young

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    1. Episode 275 - TD05 - Does Motion Provide Evidence For The Existence of God And Divinity Of The Soul? 14

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    1. Did Democritus Think That Atoms Can Be Alive? 1

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    1. Thomas Paine's Article: "On The Existence of God" 1

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    1. Episode 274 - TD04 - Is The Soul Held Down By The Body, And Does Death Allow The Soul To Ascend To A Better Place? 2

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    1. Lucretius - Side-By-Side English and Latin Versions 8

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    1. Usener Collection of Epicurean Materials - Harris Edition

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    1. Cyreniac Differences With Epicurus (Primarily On Skepticism)

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    1. Epicurus' Response To The Sorites Argument / Paradox 3

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