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    1. Prolepsis / Anticipations As Epicurus' Answer to the MENO Problem 34

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

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

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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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    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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    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. 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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    1. Welcome SillyApe 9

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    1. What Would Epicurus Say To Someone Who Complains "The World Is Unjust / Life Isn't Fair"? 5

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    1. «Embraced (Entangled) Forever and Ever» (Post By Elli At Facebook from Dimitri Liantinis - Excerpt From Gemma) 11

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    1. Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 9

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    1. How Would Epicurus Analyze The Faulkner Quotation: "Between Grief And Nothing, I'll Take Grief" 4

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