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

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      • October 30, 2021 at 3:38 PM
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    2. Modern Books on "Practical Advice" On Applying Epicurean Philosophy 5

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      • October 18, 2021 at 2:12 PM
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      October 18, 2021 at 2:12 PM

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

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      • October 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM
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      October 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM

    2. Welcome Sito!

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      • October 16, 2021 at 5:52 PM
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    2. Nate's Compilation of Alternative Translations of the Principal Doctrines 12

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      • November 25, 2021 at 9:19 AM
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      November 25, 2021 at 9:19 AM

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

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

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      • October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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      October 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM

    2. Another Highly Counterproductive Video on Epicurus - "Philosophies For Life" - "Eight Life Lessons From Epicurus" - NOT Recommended 2

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      • October 3, 2021 at 9:12 PM
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      October 3, 2021 at 9:12 PM

    2. Welcome Cleveland Oakie! 44

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      • December 4, 2021 at 12:49 PM
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    2. Episode Ninety-One - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 6

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      • October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM
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      October 10, 2021 at 6:16 AM

    2. Torquatus' Statement of the Epicurean View Of The Ultimate Good In "On Ends" 26

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      • October 6, 2021 at 3:49 PM
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    2. Episode Ninety - Recap Of Atomism In Preparation for Details of Magnetism 17

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      • September 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM
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      September 28, 2021 at 7:50 PM

    2. Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit

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      • September 21, 2021 at 11:15 AM
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    2. Comparing Epicurus to German Idealism 9

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      • September 21, 2021 at 11:52 AM
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      September 21, 2021 at 11:52 AM

    2. 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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      • September 20, 2021 at 3:09 PM
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    2. Episode Eighty-Nine - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2

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      • September 25, 2021 at 11:05 AM
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      September 25, 2021 at 11:05 AM

    2. Video on Emergent Properties

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      • September 17, 2021 at 9:46 AM
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    2. An Anti-Stoic Analysis Of Free Will That May (Or May Not) Be Helpful To Us 4

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      • July 16, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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    2. Article: Nietzsche's Overcoming of Humanism - Kuldasi 2

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      • September 14, 2021 at 11:27 AM
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    2. 2014 Article By Jonathan Williams - "Happy Violence - Bentley, Lucretius, and the Prehistory of Freethinking. 1

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      • September 13, 2021 at 4:31 PM
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    2. Episode Eighty-Eight - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 3

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      • September 18, 2021 at 9:23 AM
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      September 18, 2021 at 9:23 AM

    2. Entry For Cassius Longinus in the Jewish Encyclopaedia

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      • September 9, 2021 at 10:36 AM
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    2. Is This The True Image of Gaius Cassius Longinus?

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      • September 9, 2021 at 10:19 AM
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    2. Propositional Logic, Truth Tables, and Epicurus' Objection to "Dialectic" 39

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      • October 12, 2021 at 3:47 PM
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    2. Munro Translation of Lucretius 16

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      • September 7, 2021 at 7:05 AM
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    2. Goethe and Epicurus / Lucretius

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      • September 4, 2021 at 8:23 PM
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    2. Episode Eight-Seven - Earthquakes And The Water Cycle - The Reason The Seas Never Fill Up Over Time 5

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      • September 6, 2021 at 7:57 PM
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    2. Thoughts on "Rules of Construction" To Apply In Textual Controversies 1

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      • February 1, 2023 at 4:17 PM
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    2. Welcome AGB! 12

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      • September 4, 2021 at 9:35 PM
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    2. Best Recent Version of Diogenes Laertius? 32

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      • September 6, 2021 at 9:45 AM
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