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    2. Episode 287 - TD17 - The Fear of Pain Is Overrated, But Cicero and Epicurus Disagree As To Why. 3

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    2. Episode 286 - TD16 - Confronting Pain With Reason Rather Than With "Virtue" 2

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    2. Episode 285 - TD15 - The Significance Of The Limits Of Pain 4

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    2. What fears does modern science remove, as Epicurean physics did in antiquity? 31

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    2. Episode 284 - TD14 - In Dealing With Pain, Does Practice Make Perfect? Or Does Practice Make For A Happy Life? 2

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    2. Episode 282 - TD13 - Is A Trifling Pain A Greater Evil Than The Worst Infamy? 7

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