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Episode 309 - Not Yet Recorded - The Non-Epicureans Rest Happiness On The Alleged Divinity Of The Human Mind
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Episode 308 - Tracing Epicurus' Key Ideas From the Principal Doctrines To The Tetrapharmakon To Cicero's Epicurean Speakers 14
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Episode 306 - TD34 - Is A Life That Is 99 Percent Happy Really Happy? 3
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Episode 305 - TD33 - Shall We Stoically Be A Spectator To Life And Content Ourselves With "Virtue?" 1
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