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    2. Episode 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - No One But You Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Disguise Yourselves? 4

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    2. Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 6

      • Cassius
      • January 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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    2. Episode 211 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images 10

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    2. Episode 210 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure 2

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      • January 13, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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      January 20, 2024 at 4:12 PM

    2. Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 1

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    2. Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For the Truth Rather than Make-Believe 3

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      • December 30, 2023 at 7:55 PM
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    2. Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 11

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      • December 22, 2023 at 5:25 AM
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    2. Episode 206 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 7

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      • December 15, 2023 at 9:12 AM
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    2. Episode 205 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - Addressing Cicero's Contentions On The Nature of Morailty 12

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      • December 9, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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      December 18, 2023 at 5:57 PM

    2. Episode 204 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 5

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      • December 2, 2023 at 6:32 AM
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    2. Episode 203 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Pronounce On The Supreme Good? 19

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      • November 26, 2023 at 6:58 AM
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    2. Episode 202 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 23

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      • November 18, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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      November 23, 2023 at 10:13 AM

    2. Episode 201 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 15

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      • November 11, 2023 at 1:46 PM
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    4. Joshua

      November 22, 2023 at 1:08 PM

    2. Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode - Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 17

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      • October 30, 2023 at 3:04 AM
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    4. Pacatus

      November 16, 2023 at 6:20 PM

    2. Episode 199 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08 8

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      • October 28, 2023 at 6:05 AM
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      November 4, 2023 at 5:35 AM

    2. Episode 197 -LucretiusToday Interviews Dr. Marcelo Boeri 22

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      • October 22, 2023 at 7:36 AM
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      October 25, 2023 at 3:52 PM

    2. Episode 198 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07 3

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      • October 18, 2023 at 7:48 PM
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      October 25, 2023 at 7:00 PM

    2. Episode 196 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06 62

      • Cassius
      • October 10, 2023 at 7:02 PM
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    4. Don

      October 17, 2023 at 7:11 PM

    2. Episode 195 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05 67

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      • October 6, 2023 at 2:47 PM
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      October 12, 2023 at 6:12 PM

    2. Episode 194 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 04 16

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      • September 30, 2023 at 11:51 AM
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    2. Episode 193 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03 4

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      • September 18, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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    2. Episode 192 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens 4

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      • September 12, 2023 at 6:47 PM
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      • September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM
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      September 19, 2023 at 1:11 PM

    2. Episodes of Lucretius Today Podcast at Youtube 1

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      • September 9, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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    2. Episode 191 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 21

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      • September 3, 2023 at 9:36 PM
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    2. Episode 190 - Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 11

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      • August 28, 2023 at 8:48 PM
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    2. Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 04 12

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    2. Episode 188 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 03 20

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      • August 17, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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    2. Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 02 1

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      • August 11, 2023 at 9:25 PM
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    2. Episode 186 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 38 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, & Revival 01 10

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      • August 4, 2023 at 11:53 AM
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    2. Episode 185 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08 4

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    2. Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 7

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      • July 29, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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    2. Episode 183 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 35 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 06 - Honesty 9

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      • July 14, 2023 at 10:27 PM
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      • July 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM
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      July 23, 2023 at 11:23 AM

    2. Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 02 8

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      • July 19, 2023 at 9:01 PM
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    2. Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 01 7

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    2. Episode 180 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 32 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 03 9

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      • June 30, 2023 at 6:37 PM
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      June 30, 2023 at 6:37 PM

    2. Episode 179 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02 10

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      • June 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM
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    2. Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 8

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      • June 17, 2023 at 7:33 PM
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    2. Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 6

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      • June 8, 2023 at 7:32 AM
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    2. Episode 176 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 28 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 05 30

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    2. Episode 175 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04 3

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      • May 24, 2023 at 10:20 PM
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    2. Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 8

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      • May 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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    2. Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02 4

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    2. Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 6

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    2. Episode 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01 4

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      • April 21, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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    2. Episode 170 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 23 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 03 1

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    2. Episode 169 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02 3

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    2. Episode 168 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01 22

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      • March 31, 2023 at 3:17 PM
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    2. Episode 167 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 20 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 02 9

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      • March 25, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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    2. Episode 166 - The Lucretius Today Podcast Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 46

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      • March 18, 2023 at 7:35 AM
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    2. Episode 165 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01 1

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