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LATEST LUCRETIUS TODAY PODCAST: Episode 310 - "Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States"

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    2. Epicurean Fear of Death

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    2. Earthly Gods 1

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    2. Epicurus vs Aristotle: the Role of Reason vs Sensation Seeking? 7

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    2. Aristarchus calculation of the "size" of the sun

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    2. Welcome EdGenX 15

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    4. Patrikios

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    2. Episode 311 - Not Yet Recorded

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      • December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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    2. More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find 3

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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Happiness As Not Requiring Complete Absence of Pain 1

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    4. Cassius

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    2. Epicurean Physics and Canonics at Three Levels of Reality 4

      • Joshua
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    4. TauPhi

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    2. Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli, dies by assisted suicide aged 92 2

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    2. Asteroid found to carry all the ingredients for life

      • Adrastus
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    2. Stephen Greenblatt - The Swerve (2011)

      • Joshua
      • December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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    2. Episode 310 - TD38 - Neither Happiness Nor Virtue Are Binary States 4

      • Cassius
      • December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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    4. Cassius

      December 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM

    2. Improving Website Navigation and User Interface 2

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    4. Cassius

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    2. "Clinamen Vitae - The swerve toward lived experience, where life is worthy of being lived" - Blog post by Elli

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      • November 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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    2. "Duty, Evolution, Neuroscience, Attic Tragedy, and Epicurean Philosophy" - Blog Post by Elli

      • Cassius
      • November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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    2. "When Science Returns to the Hellenic Worldview: Empathy and Consciousness Redeemed" - Blog Post By Elli

      • Cassius
      • November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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    2. Recent Blog Posts By Elli

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      • November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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    2. Happy Thanksgiving 2025 4

      • Don
      • November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

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    2. 'Their God Is The Belly" / "The Root of All Good Is The Pleasure Of The Stomach" And Similar Attributions 11

      • Cassius
      • December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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    4. Pacatus

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    2. Epicurean strategies for dealing with bad habits and urges. 7

      • Daniel188
      • November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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    4. Patrikios

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    2. What's the consensus on transhumanism/brain uploading? 21

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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Age of Disclosure -- CNN Review 2

      • Cassius
      • November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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    4. Cassius

      November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM

    2. Food, desire, and pleasure: What role should food take in an Epicurean lifestyle? 2

      • Kalosyni
      • November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM

    2. Francois Bernier's "Three Discourses of Happiness, Virtue, and Liberty." - digital reconstruction of the book 4

      • TauPhi
      • November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM

    2. Episode 309 - TD37 - The Error of Basing Happiness On The Alleged Divinity Of The Human Mind 3

      • Cassius
      • November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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    4. Cassius

      November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM

    2. Sunday Nov. 23, 2025 - Epicurean Philosophy Discussion Via Zoom - Topic of Discussion 4

      • Kalosyni
      • November 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Happy Twentieth of November 2025! 2

      • Kalosyni
      • November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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    4. Godfrey

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    2. Latest Thoughts On Natural and Necessary Classification of Desires - Adding A FAQ entry 13

      • Cassius
      • December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Welcome Tony Fox 14

      • Cassius
      • November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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    4. Tony Fox

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    2. Welcome Daniel188! 7

      • Cassius
      • November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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    4. Daniel188

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    2. Against using the word "corrosive" for the "unnatural/unnecessary" category 6

      • Kalosyni
      • November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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    4. Don

      November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM

    2. New Home Page Video: How Can The Wise Epicurean Always Be Happy? 4

      • Cassius
      • November 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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    4. Eikadistes

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    2. Welcome EPicuruean! 1

      • Cassius
      • November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Episode 308 - TD36 - Tracing Epicurus' Key Ideas From the Principal Doctrines To The Tetrapharmakon To Cicero's Epicurean Speakers 19

      • Cassius
      • November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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    2. Welcome AUtc! 8

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      • November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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    4. Kalosyni

      November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM

    2. Upbeat, Optimistic, and Joyful Epicurean Text Excerpts 1

      • Kalosyni
      • November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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    2. Gassendi On Liberty (Liberty, Fortune, Destiny, Divination) 6

      • Cassius
      • November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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    2. Gassendi On Virtue 2

      • Cassius
      • November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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    2. An Epicurus Tartan 3

      • Don
      • November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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    2. Gassendi On Happiness 25

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      • November 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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    4. Don

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    2. Episode 307 - TD35 - How The Wise Epicurean Is Always Happy 2

      • Cassius
      • November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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    2. Any Recommendations on “The Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism”? 12

      • Patrikios
      • November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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    4. DaveT

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    2. Episode 306 - TD34 - Is A Life That Is 99 Percent Happy Really Happy? 3

      • Cassius
      • November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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    2. Stoic view of passions / patheia vs the Epicurean view 12

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      • November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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    2. Updates To Side-By-Side Lucretius Page

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    2. Self-Study Materials - Master Thread and Introductory Course Organization Plan

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    2. Velleius - Epicurus On The True Nature Of Divinity - New Home Page Video 8

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    4. DaveT

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    2. Welcome AthenianGarden! 7

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      • October 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Epicurean Fear of Death

      • Pacatus
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    2. Earthly Gods 1

      • Pacatus
      • December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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    4. Eikadistes

      December 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM

    2. Largest Spinning Object in the Known Universe 1

      • Kalosyni
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Epicurus vs Aristotle: the Role of Reason vs Sensation Seeking? 7

      • Kalosyni
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Aristarchus calculation of the "size" of the sun

      • Kalosyni
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    2. Welcome EdGenX 15

      • Cassius
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    4. Patrikios

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    2. Episode 311 - Not Yet Recorded

      • Cassius
      • December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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    2. More Renovations -- Updates to "Map" View To Make Topics Easier To Find 3

      • Cassius
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    4. Kalosyni

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    2. Happiness As Not Requiring Complete Absence of Pain 1

      • Cassius
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    4. Cassius

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    2. Epicurean Physics and Canonics at Three Levels of Reality 4

      • Joshua
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    4. TauPhi

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Physics:Canonics:Ethics:
Atoms and Void - Properties, Qualities, Emergence, and Rejection of Atomic ReductionismEpicurean Methods of Reasoning And Determining TruthPleasure As the Highest Good
Epicurean Gods And Life Elsewhere In The Universe(1) Five SensesVirtue As Instrumental To Pleasure
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