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    1. Episode Ninety-Seven - The Virtues as Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 16

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    1. "For Life Has No Terrors . . . " 15

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    1. Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good 14

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    1. Episode Ninety-Five - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 20

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    1. Episode Ninety-Four: Torquatus Explains Pleasure As the Goal of Life 4

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    1. Welcome Lupercus!

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    1. The "No Need For Nihilism" Proof

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    1. Lucretius Video - David Goodhew

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    1. Brutus' Appeal to Fate? (A Note to Analyze This At Some Point In the Future) 2

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    1. The "One and the Many" Question - Do You Fancy You Have Found Treasure of Wisdom In This? Do You Puzzle Your Friends And Even Your Dog About It? What In the World Is Socrates Talking About? 18

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    1. Finding Cultural / Artistic / Musical Variations on Four Key Epicurean Themes 7

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    1. Episode Ninety-Three: Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 82

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    1. Modern Books on "Practical Advice" On Applying Epicurean Philosophy 5

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    1. Episode Ninety-Four (Special) - General Discussion / Recap of Poem 1

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    1. Welcome Sito!

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    1. Nate's Compilation of Alternative Translations of the Principal Doctrines 12

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    1. To What Extent Is This Consistent With Epicurean Ethics: "Life is Short - Life Passionately"

      • Cassius
      • October 6, 2021 at 4:08 PM
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    1. Episode Ninety-Two - The Plague of Athens, and the End of the Poem 5

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      • October 4, 2021 at 8:40 PM
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    1. Another Highly Counterproductive Video on Epicurus - "Philosophies For Life" - "Eight Life Lessons From Epicurus" - NOT Recommended 2

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    1. Welcome Cleveland Oakie! 44

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    1. Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6

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      • September 29, 2021 at 8:59 PM
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    1. Torquatus' Statement of the Epicurean View Of The Ultimate Good In "On Ends" 26

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      • Virtue Is Not Absolute Or An End In Itself - All Good And Evil Consists In Sensation
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    1. Episode Ninety - Recap Of Atomism In Preparation for Details of Magnetism 17

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    1. Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit

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    1. George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 7 "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

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