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Episode 296 - Ancient Criticisms Of Epicurean "Absence of Pain" Echo In The Modern World 1
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August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
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August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Specific Methods of Resistance Against Our Coming AI Overlords 11
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August 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM - Artificial Intelligence and Epicurean Philosophy
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September 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Horace - Buying Pleasure With Pain is Harmful (????) 8
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August 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM - Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
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August 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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"Habeo non Habeor" (Associated With Aristippus?)
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August 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM - Epicurus vs. Aristipus And The Cyreniacs
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August 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Latest Lucretius Today Podcast - Episode 295 - Plutarch's Absurd Interpretation of Epicurean Absence of Pain - Make Sure It's Not Yours!
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August 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM - News And Forum Updates
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August 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Welcome Ernesto-Sun! 3
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August 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM - Welcome to Our New Members!
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August 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Article: "Epicurean Induction and Atomism In Mathematics" - Michael Aristidou (2023)
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August 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM - Nature Is Not Controlled By Ideal Forms, Mathematics, or Geometry
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August 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Summary of Plutarch's Argument
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August 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM - That Epicurus Actually Makes A Pleasant Life Impossible
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August 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Episode 295 - Plutarch's Absurd Interpretation of Epicurean Absence of Pain 66
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August 14, 2025 at 6:06 AM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
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September 23, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Primary Epicurean References Relevant To Life Elsewhere In The Universe 3
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August 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM - The Existence of Life Here And Elsewhere In The Universe
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August 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Epicurean Isonomy In The Context Of Statements By Balbus As To Gradations In Life In Book 2 of "On the Nature of the Gods" 31
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August 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM - Isonomia / Isonomy
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August 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Welcome Hubblefanboy! 4
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August 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM - Welcome to Our New Members!
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August 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Episode 294 - TD24 - Distinguishing Dogs From Wolves And Pleasure From Absence of Pain 8
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August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
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August 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Welcome ZarathustrasGarden! 6
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August 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM - Welcome to Our New Members!
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August 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Latest Lucretius Today Podcast - Episode 293 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" a Pleasure
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August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM - News And Forum Updates
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August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Welcome Kappa!
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August 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM - Welcome to Our New Members!
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August 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Cicero's Comparison of the Life of Lucius Balbus (Pleasure) Against That Of Marcus Regulus (VIrtue)
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August 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM - Ethics - General Discussion
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August 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Welcome ProfV! 1
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August 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM - Welcome to Our New Members!
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August 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Added: Web Version of Boris Nikolsky's "Epicurus On Pleasure" Examining the Kinetic / Katastematic Question
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July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM - News And Forum Updates
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July 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Episode 293 - TD23 - Cicero Accuses Epicurus Of Evasion In Calling "Absence of Pain" A "Pleasure" 9
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July 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
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August 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Plutarch's Major Works Against Epicurus 4
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July 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM - Plutarch - General
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July 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Recorded Statements of Metrodorus 11
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July 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM - Hermarchus
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July 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Note On Upcoming Episodes Of Lucretius Today Podcast
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July 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM - News And Forum Updates
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July 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Episode 292 - TD22 - Is Virtue Or Pleasure The Key To Overcoming Grief? 6
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July 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM - The Lucretius Today Podcast
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August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Lucretius Today Podast #291 Is Now Available - Epicurus Pushes Back Against "Expect The Worst And You'll Never Be Disappointed."
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July 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM - News And Forum Updates
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July 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Cicero Fighting It Out "Horse And Foot" With Epicurus (Cicero's References to Epicurus in "On Duties" ) 6
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July 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM - On Duties / "De Officiis"
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July 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Welcome Sam_Qwerty! 16
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July 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM - Welcome to Our New Members!
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July 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Article: "Scientists Are Planning For Life After Finding Aliens" 1
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July 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM - The Existence of Life Here And Elsewhere In The Universe
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July 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Registration Process Update
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July 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM - News And Forum Updates
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July 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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"Christianizing the Roman Empire (A.D. 100-400)" Ramsay MacMullen, Yale UP, 1984 10
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July 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM - Historical Events Relevant to Epicurean Philosophy
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July 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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