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2. Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4
  - Cassius
  - May 14, 2020 at 8:54 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM
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4. Cassius
  July 27, 2021 at 7:40 AM
2. Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4
  - Cassius
  - May 8, 2020 at 9:15 PM
  - Cassius
  - May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM
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4. Godfrey
  May 18, 2020 at 2:02 PM
2. Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2
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  - Cassius
  - April 27, 2020 at 10:44 AM
  - Cassius
  - May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM
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4. Cassius
  May 9, 2020 at 9:41 AM
2. Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1
  - Cassius
  - April 26, 2020 at 6:09 AM
  - Cassius
  - April 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM
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4. Cassius
  April 27, 2020 at 10:32 AM
2. Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1
  - Cassius
  - April 4, 2020 at 9:22 AM
  - Cassius
  - April 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM
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4. Cassius
  April 26, 2020 at 4:39 PM
2. Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6
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  - Cassius
  - April 4, 2020 at 8:46 AM
  - Cassius
  - April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
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4. Don
  April 28, 2020 at 5:06 PM
2. Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8
  - Cassius
  - March 29, 2020 at 11:05 AM
  - Cassius
  - April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
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4. Don
  April 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
2. Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7
  - Cassius
  - March 22, 2020 at 6:46 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM
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4. Paquin
  July 24, 2021 at 3:34 AM
2. Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4
  - Cassius
  - March 17, 2020 at 6:42 AM
  - Cassius
  - March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
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4. Cassius
  March 28, 2020 at 2:20 PM
2. Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5
  - Cassius
  - March 9, 2020 at 11:11 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
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4. Cassius
  July 31, 2021 at 9:13 AM
2. Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7
  - Cassius
  - March 6, 2020 at 3:48 AM
  - Cassius
  - October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
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4. Cassius
  October 19, 2021 at 2:35 PM
2. Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5
  - Cassius
  - February 24, 2020 at 7:59 AM
  - Cassius
  - July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
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4. Cassius
  July 22, 2021 at 5:13 AM
2. Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7
  - Cassius
  - February 19, 2020 at 5:23 PM
  - Cassius
  - July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
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4. Paquin
  July 22, 2021 at 7:22 AM
2. Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2
  - Cassius
  - February 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM
  - Cassius
  - February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM
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4. Cassius
  February 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM
2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus Against the Platonists / Aristotelians
  - Cassius
  - February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
  - Cassius
  - February 8, 2020 at 9:17 AM
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2. Special Podcast Episode: Epicurus against the Stoics
  - Cassius
  - February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
  - Cassius
  - February 8, 2020 at 9:14 AM
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2. Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2
  - Cassius
  - February 3, 2020 at 8:14 PM
  - Cassius
  - February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
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4. Cassius
  February 14, 2020 at 6:52 PM
2. Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12
  - Cassius
  - January 26, 2020 at 8:53 AM
  - Cassius
  - July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM
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4. Paquin
  July 20, 2021 at 10:01 AM
2. Episode Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18
  - Charles
  - January 11, 2020 at 4:22 PM
  - Charles
  - January 30, 2020 at 7:08 AM
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4. Cassius
  January 30, 2020 at 7:08 AM
2. Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28
  - Cassius
  - January 11, 2020 at 12:04 PM
  - Cassius
  - October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM
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4. Cassius
  October 3, 2020 at 10:20 PM
2. Episode One - Venus / Pleasure As Guide of Life 15
  - Cassius
  - January 11, 2020 at 11:58 AM
  - Cassius
  - July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM
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4. Don
  July 22, 2021 at 10:59 AM
2. Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1
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  - Cassius
  - October 26, 2019 at 4:50 PM
  - Cassius
  - April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM
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4. Cassius
  April 3, 2020 at 8:47 AM
2. What Kinds Of Podcasts Should We Target First? 3
  - Cassius
  - July 29, 2019 at 10:38 AM
  - Cassius
  - April 11, 2021 at 9:31 AM
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4. Cassius
  April 11, 2021 at 9:31 AM
2. An Epicurean Podcast 12
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  - Joshua
  - July 5, 2019 at 2:49 PM
  - Joshua
  - July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM
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4. Hiram
  July 6, 2019 at 9:17 AM

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2. The Rhetoric of Explanation in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 5
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  - Kalosyni
  - November 5, 2024 at 8:28 AM
  - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
  - Kalosyni
  - November 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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4. Pacatus
  November 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM
2. Evidence of Survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum 1
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  - kochiekoch
  - November 20, 2024 at 5:05 PM
  - General Discussion
  - kochiekoch
  - November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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4. Don
  November 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
2. “Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3
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  - TauPhi
  - November 19, 2024 at 7:57 PM
  - General Discussion
  - TauPhi
  - November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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4. Don
  November 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
2. An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 12
  - Cassius
  - November 9, 2024 at 8:07 AM
  - General Discussion
  - Cassius
  - November 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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4. Pacatus
  November 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM
2. Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14
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  - Julia
  - October 24, 2024 at 4:03 PM
  - General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things"
  - Julia
  - November 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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4. Julia
  November 11, 2024 at 4:09 PM

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Latest Lucretius Today Podcast: #255 - "CIcero's Cotta Argues That Epicurean Gods Are As Despicable As Are Epicureans Themselves" | Member Announcements | The Epicurean Paradigm Shift

Episode Nineteen - All Things Are Not Made of Tiny Pieces of The Same Thing, Or Of All Things (Anaxagorus' Homoeomery) 4

Episode Eighteen - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 4

Episode Seventeen - All Things Are Not Made of Fire, And Heraclitus Was A Fool 2

Episode Sixteen - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 1

Episode Fifteen - Recap Two 1

Episode Fourteen - Atoms Are Solid And Indestructible, and Constitute the Seeds of All Things. 6

Episode Thirteen - Properties, Qualities, And the Trojan War 8

Episode Twelve - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 7

Episode Eleven - More On The Void And Its Implications 4

Episode Ten - The Void And Its Nature 5

Episode Nine - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 7

Episode Eight - Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing 5

Episode Seven - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 7

Episode Six - Step One: Nothing Comes From Nothing 2

Episode Five - On Resisting The Threats of Priests And Poets 2

Episode Four - Recap of Opening Sections of Book One 12

Episode Three - So Great Is the Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 18

Episode Two - The Achievement of Epicurus 28

Episode One - Venus / Pleasure As Guide of Life 15

Promo And Highlights For The Lucretius Podcast 1

What Kinds Of Podcasts Should We Target First? 3

An Epicurean Podcast 12

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The Rhetoric of Explanation in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura 5

Evidence of Survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum 1

“Better to lose the money because of me than to lose me because of the money.” 3

An Anti-Epicurean Article - "The Meaning of Life Is Not Happiness" (For Future Reference) 12

Was De Rerum Natura intended as satire? A lecture by THM Gellar-Goad. 14

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