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Episode 001 - Lucretius - Book One Venus / Pleasure As Guide Of Life
Episode 002 - The Achievement of Epicurus
Episode 003 - So Great Is The Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds!
Episode 004 - Recap of Opening Sections Of Book One
Episode 005 - On Resisting The Threats of Priests and Poets
Episode 006 - Step One - Nothing Comes From Nothing!
Episode 007 - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing
Episode 008 - Step Two - Nothing Goes to Nothing!
Episode 009 - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen
Episode 010 - The Void And Its Nature
Episode 011 - More On The Void and Its Implications
Episode 012 - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void
Episode 013 - Properties, Qualities, and the Trojan War
Episode 014 - Atoms Are Solid and Indestructible And Constitute the Seeds Of All Things
Episode 015 - Recap Two - Reflections On Book One So Far
Episode 016 - The Atoms Are Imperishable And Provide Continuity To All Nature
Episode 017 - All Things Are Not Made Of A Single Element, Such as Fire
Episode 018 - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
Episode 019 - All Things Are Not Made of Pieces of the Same Thing, Or Pieces of All Things
Episode 020 - The Universe Is Infinite In Size
Episode 021 - The Universe Has No Center
Episode 022 - Lucretius - Book Two Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life
Episode 023 - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed
Episode 024 - The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature
Episode 025 - The Swerve Part Two: As The Basis of Human Agency
Episode 026 - The Atoms Are Not Uniform In Shape
Episode 027 - There is A Limit To the Size of Atoms
Episode 028 - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable
Episode 029 - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All
Episode 030 - Only A Limited Number of Combinations Of Atoms Is Possible
Episode 031 - Continuation of Episode 30 And Discussion of the Polyaenus Example
Episode 032 - The Atoms Are Colorless, But The Implications of That Are Not
Episode 033 - More On the Implications of The Colorless Atoms
Episode 034 - The Atoms Do Not Possess A Faculty of Sensation
Episode 035 - More Reasons Why Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense
Episode 036 - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life
Episode 037 - End of Book 2 - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die
Episode 038 - Lucretius - Book Three Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell
Episode 039 - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot
Episode 040 - Argument That The Mind and Spirit Are Corporeal
Episode 041 - The Nature of the Mind and Spirit Is Complex; Sense is Not a Property of The Elements That Make Them, But An Event
Episode 042 - The Mind Works Through the Senses; Both Mind and Spirit Are Mortal
Episode 043 - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body
Episode 044 - Additional Evidence By Which We Conclude The Mind Cannot Survive Apart from the Body
Episode 045 - More on The Mortality of the Mind and Soul
Episode 046 - Conclusion of the Presentation that the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death
Episode 047 - Death Is Nothing To Us
Episode 048 - Nature Speaks To Us About Death
Episode 049 - Conclusions On Death And The End of Book Three
Episode 050 - Lucretius - Book Four The Opening of Book Four - Images
Episode 051 - More On The Working of "Images"
Episode 052 - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections
Episode 053 - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions
Episode 054 - Reason Is Dependent on the Senses
Episode 055 - Reason Is Dependent on The Senses (Part 2)
Episode 056 - More On The Operation Of The Senses
Episode 057 - Taste, Smell, and the Subjectivity of the Senses
Episode 058 - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images
Episode 059 - The Uses Of The Body Were Not Designed Before They Arose
Episode 060 - Dreams, And The Mind's Use of Images
Episode 061 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1)
Episode 062 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2)
Episode 063 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3 - End of Book 4)
Episode 064 - Lucretius - Book Five Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike
Episode 065 - Introducing a New Panelist (Don) and A Recap of the Opening of Book Five
Episode 066 - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!)
Episode 067 - Did The Gods Wake Up One Day To Create The Universe?
Episode 068 - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity
Episode 069 - The Eventual End of Our World
Episode 070 - More On The End Of The World
Episode 071 - Back To The Beginning - The Beginning of Our Corner of the Universe
Episode 072 - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun
Episode 073 - More on the Sun and Moon And Similar Astronomical Issues
Episode 074 - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth
Episode 075 - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible
Episode 076 - Early Humans and Their Society
Episode 077 - The Formation of Language and Early Societies
Episode 078 - Ethical Issues Arising In the Formation Of Societies
Episode 079 - The Cause Of The Arising of Belief In Gods
Episode 080 - The Development of Metallurgy And The Art of War
Episode 081 - Development of the Arts And The End of Book Five
Episode 082 - Lucretius - Book Six Opening of Book Six - Restatement of Goal of Poem
Episode 083 - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One
Episode 084 - Thunder and Lightning Part Two - Very Very Frightening
Episode 085 - Thunder and Lightning Part 3 - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples?
Episode 086 - Typhoons and Whirlwinds
Episode 087 - Earthquakes and The Water Cycle
Episode 088 - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds
Episode 089 - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again
Episode 090 - Special Guest Panelist - Preparation for Discussion of Magnetism
Episode 091 - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues
Episode 092 - The Plague of Athens, And The End of the Poem
Episode 093 - Torquatus on Ethics Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics
Episode 094 - Torquatus Explains Pleasure As The Goal Of Life
Episode 095 - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain"
Episode 096 - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good
Episode 097 - The Virtues As Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage
Episode 098 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One)
Episode 099 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two)
Episode 100 - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place
Episode 101 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part One
Episode 102 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Two
Episode 103 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Three
Episode 104 - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult?
Episode 105 - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus
Episode 106 - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason
Episode 107 - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science
Episode 108 - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science
Episode 109 - The Epicurean View of Friendship
Episode 110 - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part Two)
Episode 111 - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus
Episode 112 - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus - Introduction and Outlining
Episode 113 - Letter to Herodotus 2 - Principles of Thinking
Episode 114 - Letter to Herodotus 3 - First Principles of Physics
Episode 115 - Letter to Herodotus 4 - Atoms, Void, and Basic Epistemology Issues
Episode 116 - Letter to Herodotus 5 - More Fundamentals of Physics
Episode 117 - Letter to Herodotus 6 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications
Episode 118 - Letter to Herodotus 7 - Images - There's More To Them Than Meets the Eye
Episode 119 - Letter to Herodotus 8 - More On Perception Through The Atoms
Episode 120 - Letter to Herodotus 9 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility
Episode 121 - Letter to Herodotus 10 - Atoms and The Soul
Episode 122 - Letter to Herodotus 11 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities
Episode 123 - Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time (More on Properties and Qualities)
Episode 124 - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars
Episode 125 - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Conclusion
Episode 126 - Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy
Episode 127 - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds"
Episode 128 - Short Review of the Twelve Fundamentals of Nature
Episode 129 - Letter to Pythocles 03 - The Implications Of the Epicurean Position On The Size of the Sun
Episode 130 - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon
Episode 131 - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena
Episode 132 - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More on The Weather
Episode 133 - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter
Episode 134 - Letter to Menoeceus 01 - Context and Opening of the Letter
Episode 135 - Letter to Menoeceus 02 - On The Nature of The Gods
Episode 136 - Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One)
Episode 137 - Letter to Menoeceus 04 - On Death (Part Two)
Episode 138 - Letter to Menoeceus 05 - On Pleasure (Part One)
Episode 139 - Letter to Menoeceus 06 - On Pleasure (Part Two)
Episode 140 - Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter
Episode 141 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 1) The Inscription
Episode 142 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality"
Episode 143 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 3) The Superiority of The Epicurean Viewpoint on "Gods"
Episode 144 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good
Episode 145 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 01 - Chapter 1 - Introduction
Episode 146 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 02 - The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy
Episode 147 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus
Episode 148 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus
Episode 149 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 05 - The Early Years of Epicurus
Episode 150 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus
Episode 151 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 07 - The New School In Athens
Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01
Episode 153 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 09 - The New Education 02
Episode 154 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 10 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 01
Episode 155 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 11 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 02
Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One
Episode 157 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part Two
Episode 158 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 12 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 03
Episode 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04
Episode 160 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 14 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 01
Episode 161 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 15 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 02
Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 03
Episode 163 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 17 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 04
Episode 164 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 18 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 05
Episode 165 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01
Episode 166 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis"
Episode 167 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 20 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 02
Episode 168 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01
Episode 169 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02
Episode 170 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 23 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 03
Episode 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01
Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01
Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02
Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03
Episode 175 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 28 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04
Episode 176 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 05
Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06
Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01
Episode 179 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02
Episode 180 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 32 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 03
Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 04
Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 05
Episode 183 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 35 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 06 - Honesty
Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07
Episode 185 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08
Episode 186 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 38 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 01
Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 02
Episode 188 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 03
Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 04
Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01
Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02
Episode 192 - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens
Episode 193 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03
Episode 194 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 04
Episode 195 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05
Episode 196 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06
Episode 197 - Interview With Dr Marcelo Boeri
Episode 198 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07
Episode 199 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08
Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode: Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future
Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09
Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument
Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Judge The Supreme Good?
Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question
Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - The Nature of Morality
Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality
Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice?
Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For The Truth Rather Than Make-Believe
Episode 209 - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy
Episode 210 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure
Episode 211 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images
Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square?
Episode 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - Only Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Lie?
Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For Idealized Friendship and Happiness Which Epicurus Rejects
Episode 215 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness
Episode 216 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure?
Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy?
Episode 218 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains?
Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 - Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain
Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 - Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking
Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 - Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy
Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure
Episode 223 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undergoing The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey?
Episode 224 - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi - In Defense of Epicurus
Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure
Episode 226 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 01 - Introduction
Episode 227 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods
Episode 228 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?"
Episode 229 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 04 - Velleius Continues His Assault On Intelligent Design
Episode 230 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity
Episode 231 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death?
Episode 232 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods
Episode 233 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism
Episode 234 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Epicurean Canonical Basis for Divinity
Episode 235 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View of Divinity
Episode 236 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 11 - Lucretian Support For Velleius' Views of Epicurean Divinity
Episode 237 - Cicero's On The Nature of The G
