TrueSciPhi

Podcast Profile: Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy

Site • RSS • Apple Podcasts
248 episodes
2020 to 2024
Median: 51 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

Description (podcaster-provided):

Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):

"Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy" delves deeply into the teachings and applications of Epicurean philosophy, largely through detailed examinations of the works of the ancient poet Lucretius, particularly his poem "On The Nature of Things." This poem is recognized as a comprehensive presentation of Epicurus' ideas, making it a central text for the podcast's explorations.

The podcast's general theme centers around understanding ancient Epicurean philosophy and how it can be applied to modern life. The discussions are structured around detailed readings and interpretations of ancient texts. A significant portion of the episodes focus on literary analysis, philosophical arguments, and historical contexts pertinent to Epicurean thought.

This content includes meticulous line-by-line readings of "On the Nature of Things," aimed at uncovering the minutiae of Epicurean doctrine. The podcast also engages with Epicurean texts such as the principal letters of Epicurus — "Letter to Herodotus," "Letter to Pythocles," and "Letter to Menoeceus." Moreover, it reviews and critiques the works of other prominent figures associated with Epicureanism, like Cicero’s critiques in "On Ends" and the fragments of Diogenes of Oinoanda.

In addition to textual analysis, episodes emphasize disputing prevalent misinterpretations of Epicureanism and contrasting its principles with those of other philosophical schools, such as Stoicism. Themes of pleasure, pain, happiness, and the nature of the gods are recurrent, reflecting Epicurean views on ethical living, the pursuit of pleasure, and the avoidance of pain.

Another notable aspect of the podcast is its occasional departure from strict textual analysis to discuss contemporary applications of Epicureanism and engage with modern philosophical interpretations. This blend of historical scholarship and practical philosophy aims to provide listeners with a comprehensive understanding of Epicurean thought and its relevance today.

Episodes:

Episode 248 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 - Cotta Pushes The "Argument By Design" Against The Epicurean View That All - Including Gods - Is Natural 2024-Oct-02 43 minutes

Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings 2024-Sep-28 45 minutes

Episode 246 - Cicero's OTNOTG 21 - Examining Epicurean Evidence-Based Reasoning 2024-Sep-17 58 minutes

Episode 245 - Cicero's OTNOTG 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete? 2024-Sep-13 49 minutes

Episode 244 - CIcero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes: Profundity or Gaslighting? 2024-Sep-03 53 minutes

Episode 243 - OTNOTG 18 - From "All Sensations Are True" to Reasoning By Similarity And Analogy 2024-Aug-28 48 minutes

Episode 242 - Cicero's OTNOTG 17 - Is Truth A Matter Of Logic? 2024-Aug-21 63 minutes

Episode 241 - Cicero's OTNOTG 16 - A Common Thread Between The Epicurean View Of "The Gods" and "The Good" 2024-Aug-13 58 minutes

Episode 240 - OTNOTG 15 - The False Allegation That "General Assent" Was The Epicurean Basis For Divinity 2024-Aug-06 44 minutes

Episode 239 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 14 - The Dishonesty Of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth 2024-Jul-29 55 minutes

Episode 238 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making 2024-Jul-24 54 minutes

Episode 237 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 12 - Isonomia And The Implications of Infinity 2024-Jul-17 57 minutes

Episode 236 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 11 - Lucretian Support For Velleius' Views of Epicurean Divinity 2024-Jul-11 51 minutes

Episode 235 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View Of Divinity 2024-Jul-02 64 minutes

Episode 234 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Epicurean Canonical Basis for Divinity 2024-Jun-24 53 minutes

Episode 233 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism 2024-Jun-18 58 minutes

Episode 232 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods 2024-Jun-15 52 minutes

Episode 231 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 06 - How would you live if you were certain that there are no supernatural gods and no life after death? 2024-Jun-07 43 minutes

Episode 230 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity 2024-May-27 56 minutes

Episode 229 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 04 - Velleius Continues His Assault On Intelligent Design 2024-May-22 49 minutes

Episode 228 - Cicero's OTNOTG - 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?" 2024-May-13 45 minutes

Episode 227 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Epicurean Section 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods 2024-May-10 51 minutes

Episode 226 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Epicurean Section - Part 01 - Introduction 2024-Apr-30 53 minutes

Episode 225 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure 2024-Apr-24 53 minutes

Episode 224 - Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi - In Defense of Epicurus 2024-Apr-20 20 minutes

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? 2024-Apr-16 57 minutes

Episode 222 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure 2024-Apr-08 60 minutes

Episode 221 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 -Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy 2024-Mar-31 49 minutes

Episode 220 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 -Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking 2024-Mar-30 56 minutes

Episode 219 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 -Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain 2024-Mar-23 49 minutes

Episode 218 Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains? 2024-Mar-15 44 minutes

Episode 217 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy? 2024-Mar-06 50 minutes

Episode 216 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure? 2024-Feb-27 52 minutes

Episode 215 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness 2024-Feb-24 49 minutes

Episode 214 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For Idealized Friendship and Happiness Which Epicurus Rejects 2024-Feb-14 50 minutes

Episode 213 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 -Only Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Lie? 2024-Feb-06 57 minutes

Episode 212 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square? 2024-Jan-30 48 minutes

Episode 211 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images 2024-Jan-27 38 minutes

Episode 210- Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure 2024-Jan-20 51 minutes

Episode 209 - Special Episode - Foundations of Epicurean Philosophy 2024-Jan-14 49 minutes

Episode 208 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 16 - Epicurus Stands For The Truth Rather Than Make-Believe 2024-Jan-01 42 minutes

Episode 207 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 15 - Does Epicurean Philosophy Lead to Injustice? 2023-Dec-25 58 minutes

Episode 206 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 14 - More On The Nature of Morality 2023-Dec-22 36 minutes

Episode 205 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 13 - The Nature of Morality 2023-Dec-15 51 minutes

Episode 204 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 12 - More On The "Jurisdiction" Question 2023-Dec-09 49 minutes

Episode 203 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 11 - Do The Senses Have Jurisdiction To Judge The Supreme Good? 2023-Dec-02 70 minutes

Episode 202 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 10 - The Animality Argument 2023-Nov-22 44 minutes

Episode 201 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 09 2023-Nov-15 47 minutes

Episode 200 - Lucretius Today 200th Episode: Retrospective, Recap, and Looking To The Future 2023-Nov-10 81 minutes

Episode 199 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 08 2023-Nov-03 52 minutes

Episode 198 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 07 2023-Oct-25 41 minutes

Lucretius Today Podcast Episode 197 - Interview With Dr Marcelo Boeri 2023-Oct-23 47 minutes

Episode 196 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 06 2023-Oct-16 62 minutes

Episode 195 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 05 2023-Oct-09 58 minutes

Episode 194 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 04 2023-Oct-02 57 minutes

Episode 193 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 03 2023-Sep-30 48 minutes

Episode 192 - Special Edition - Chapter 16 of A Few Days In Athens 2023-Sep-18 36 minutes

Episode 191 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 02 2023-Sep-15 56 minutes

Episode 190 - The Epicurean Arguments In Cicero's On Ends - Book One - Part 01 2023-Sep-09 55 minutes

Episode 189 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 41 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 04 2023-Aug-31 62 minutes

Episode 188 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 40 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 03 2023-Aug-24 43 minutes

Episode 187 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 39 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 02 2023-Aug-18 49 minutes

Episode 186 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 38 - Chapter 15 - Extension, Submergence, Revival - 01 2023-Aug-12 44 minutes

Episode 185 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 37 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 08 2023-Aug-04 56 minutes

Episode 184 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 36 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 07 2023-Jul-28 52 minutes

Episode 183 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 35 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 06 - Honesty 2023-Jul-22 57 minutes

Episode 182 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 34 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 05 2023-Jul-15 52 minutes

Episode 181 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 33 - Chapter 14 - The New Virtues 04 2023-Jul-06 65 minutes

Episode 180 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 32 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 03 2023-Jun-30 52 minutes

Episode 179 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 31 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 02 2023-Jun-23 49 minutes

Episode 178 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 30 - Chapter 13 - The True Piety 01 2023-Jun-16 59 minutes

Episode 177 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 06 2023-Jun-08 66 minutes

Episode 176 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 29 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 05 2023-Jun-01 67 minutes

Episode 175 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 28 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 04 2023-May-25 48 minutes

Episode 174 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 27 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 03 2023-May-19 56 minutes

Episode 173 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 26 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 02 2023-May-13 52 minutes

Episode 172 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 25 - Chapter 12 - The New Hedonism 01 2023-May-05 55 minutes

Episode 171 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 24 - Chapter 11 - Soul, Sensation, and Mind 01 2023-Apr-27 52 minutes

Episode 170 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 23 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 03 2023-Apr-20 60 minutes

Episode 169 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 22 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 02 2023-Apr-12 62 minutes

Episode 168 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 21 - Chapter 10 - The New Freedom 01 2023-Apr-05 68 minutes

Episode 167 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 20 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 02 2023-Mar-29 50 minutes

Episode 166 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. David Glidden on "Epicurean Prolepsis" 2023-Mar-21 73 minutes

Episode 165 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 19 - Chapter 9 - The New Physics 01 2023-Mar-18 59 minutes

Episode 164 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 18 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 05 2023-Mar-09 65 minutes

Episode 163 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 17 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 04 2023-Feb-28 81 minutes

Episode 162 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 16 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 03 2023-Feb-21 35 minutes

Episode 161 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 15 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 02 2023-Feb-15 40 minutes

Episode 160 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 14 - Chapter 8 - Sensations, Anticipations, and Feelings 01 2023-Feb-07 51 minutes

Episode 159 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 13 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 04 2023-Feb-03 54 minutes

Episode 158 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 12 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 03 2023-Jan-31 64 minutes

Episode 157 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part 2 2023-Jan-25 46 minutes

Episode 156 - Lucretius Today Interviews Dr. Emily Austin - Part One 2023-Jan-18 46 minutes

Episode 155 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 11 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 02 2023-Jan-10 73 minutes

Episode 154 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 10 - Chapter 7 - The Canon Reason and Nature 01 2023-Jan-02 45 minutes

Episode 153 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 09 - The New Education 02 2022-Dec-23 44 minutes

Episode 152 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 08 - The New Education 01 2022-Dec-14 54 minutes

Episode 151 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 07 - The New School In Athens 2022-Dec-11 50 minutes

Episode 150 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 06 - Development of the School in Mytilene and Lampsacus 2022-Dec-03 54 minutes

Episode 149 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 05 - The Early Years of Epicurus 2022-Nov-23 39 minutes

Episode 148 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 04 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 2022-Nov-14 59 minutes

Episode 147 "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 03 - True Opinions And False Opinions About Epicurus 2022-Nov-07 68 minutes

Episode 146 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 02 - The Three Divisions of Epicurean Philosophy 2022-Nov-01 40 minutes

Episode 145 - "Epicurus And His Philosophy" Part 01 - Introduction 2022-Oct-24 56 minutes

Episode 144 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 4) Virtue Not The Highest Good 2022-Oct-21 55 minutes

Episode 143 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 3) The Superiority of The Epicurean Viewpoint on "Gods" 2022-Oct-11 62 minutes

Episode 142 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 2) "Reality" 2022-Oct-05 46 minutes

Episode 141 - Diogenes of Oinoanda (Part 1) The Inscription 2022-Sep-28 58 minutes

Episode 140 - Letter to Menoeceus 07 - Completion of the Letter 2022-Sep-19 62 minutes

Episode 139 - Letter to Menoeceus 06 - On Pleasure (Part Two) 2022-Sep-12 78 minutes

Episode 138 - Letter to Menoeceus 05 - On Pleasure (Part One) 2022-Sep-05 68 minutes

Episode 137 - Letter to Menoeceus 04 - On Death (Part Two) 2022-Sep-01 56 minutes

Episode 136 - Letter to Menoeceus 03 - On Death (Part One) 2022-Aug-23 56 minutes

Episode 135 - Letter to Menoeceus 02 - On The Nature of The Gods 2022-Aug-15 72 minutes

Episode 134 - Letter to Menoeceus 01 - Context and Opening of the Letter 2022-Aug-08 55 minutes

Episode 133 - Letter to Pythocles 07 - Conclusion Of The Letter 2022-Aug-06 53 minutes

Episode 132 - Letter to Pythocles 06 - More on The Weather 2022-Jul-30 59 minutes

Episode 131 - Letter to Pythocles 05 - Weather Phenomena 2022-Jul-23 52 minutes

Episode 130 - Letter to Pythocles 04 - More on the Sun and Moon 2022-Jul-16 71 minutes

Episode 129 - Letter to Pythocles 03 - The Implications Of the Epicurean Position On The Size of the Sun 2022-Jul-09 54 minutes

Episode 128 - Special Episode - Short Review of the Twelve Fundamentals of Nature 2022-Jul-03 30 minutes

Episode 127 - Letter to Pythocles 02 - The Formation of "Worlds" 2022-Jun-25 57 minutes

Episode 126 - Letter to Pythocles 01 - Introduction On The Basic Approach of Epicurean Philosophy 2022-Jun-15 78 minutes

Episode 125 - Letter to Herodotus 14 - Purpose and Method of Studying Nature - Conclusion 2022-Jun-11 58 minutes

Episode 124 - Letter to Herodotus 13 - Life On Other Worlds, Development of Language, And the Regular Motion of the Stars 2022-Jun-04 56 minutes

Episode 123 - Letter to Herodotus 12 - Events and Time (More on Properties and Qualities) 2022-May-28 53 minutes

Episode 122 - Letter to Herodotus 11 - What it Means to "Exist" - Properties and Qualities 2022-May-20 46 minutes

Episode 121 - Letter to Herodotus 10 - Atoms and The Soul 2022-May-14 65 minutes

Episode 120 - Letter to Herodotus 9 - Epicurus' Rejection of Infinite Divisibility 2022-May-06 56 minutes

Episode 119 - Letter to Herodotus 8 - More On Perception Through The Atoms 2022-Apr-30 61 minutes

Episode 118 - Letter to Herodotus 7 - Images - There's More To Them Than Meets the Eye 2022-Apr-21 70 minutes

Episode 117 - Letter to Herodotus 6 - The Doctrine of Infinity of Worlds And Its Implications 2022-Apr-11 64 minutes

Episode 116 - Letter to Herodotus 5 - More Fundamentals of Physics 2022-Apr-08 66 minutes

Episode 115 - Letter to Herodotus 4 - Atoms, Void, and Basic Epistemology Issues 2022-Apr-01 54 minutes

Episode 114 - Letter to Herodotus 3 - First Principles of Physics 2022-Mar-25 63 minutes

Episode 113 - Letter to Herodotus 2 - Principles of Thinking 2022-Mar-18 60 minutes

Episode 112 - Epicurus' Letter to Herodotus - Introduction and Outlining 2022-Mar-12 50 minutes

Episode 111 - Torquatus Summarizes The Significance of the Epicurus 2022-Mar-05 63 minutes

Episode 110 - The Epicurean View of Friendship (Part Two) 2022-Feb-23 58 minutes

Episode 109 - The Epicurean View of Friendship 2022-Feb-17 66 minutes

Episode 108 - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science 2022-Feb-10 61 minutes

Episode 107 - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science 2022-Feb-03 53 minutes

Episode 106 - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason 2022-Jan-28 55 minutes

Episode 105 - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus 2022-Jan-19 54 minutes

Episode 104 - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult? 2022-Jan-13 67 minutes

Episode 103 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Three 2022-Jan-07 60 minutes

Episode 102 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Two 2021-Dec-31 56 minutes

Episode 101 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part One 2021-Dec-22 22 minutes

Episode 100 - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place 2021-Dec-17 69 minutes

Episode 099 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two) 2021-Dec-09 63 minutes

Episode 098 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One) 2021-Dec-02 74 minutes

Episode 097 - The Virtues As Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage 2021-Nov-26 46 minutes

Episode 096 - Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good 2021-Nov-15 65 minutes

Episode 095 - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain" 2021-Nov-10 70 minutes

Episode 094 - Torquatus Explains Pleasure As The Goal Of Life 2021-Nov-06 74 minutes

Episode 093 - Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics 2021-Oct-25 87 minutes

Episode 092 - The Plague of Athens, And The End of the Poem 2021-Oct-12 66 minutes

Episode 091 - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues 2021-Oct-04 43 minutes

Episode 090 - Special Guest Panelist - Preparation for Discussion of Magnetism 2021-Sep-27 67 minutes

Episode 089 - Unusual Geological Phenomena - Springs That Change From Hot to Cold And Back Again 2021-Sep-25 45 minutes

Episode 088 - The Waters of the Nile And The Sulfur Pits That Are Fatal To Birds 2021-Sep-18 56 minutes

Episode 087 - Earthquakes and The Water Cycle 2021-Sep-05 42 minutes

Episode 086 - Typhoons and Whirlwinds 2021-Sep-04 40 minutes

Episode 085 - Thunder and Lightning Part 3 - Why Do The Gods Send Thunderbolts Onto Their Own Temples? 2021-Aug-29 36 minutes

Episode 084 - Thunder and Lightning Part Two - Very Very Frightening 2021-Aug-22 51 minutes

Episode 083 - Meteorology: Thunder and Lightning Part One 2021-Aug-14 47 minutes

Episode 082 - Opening of Book Six - Restatement of Goal of Poem 2021-Aug-06 50 minutes

Episode 081 - Development of the Arts And The End of Book Five 2021-Jul-31 54 minutes

Episode 080 - The Development of Metallurgy And The Art of War 2021-Jul-19 40 minutes

Episode 079 - The Cause Of The Arising of Belief In Gods 2021-Jul-16 47 minutes

Episode 078 - Ethical Issues Arising In the Formation Of Societies 2021-Jul-09 49 minutes

Episode 077 - The Formation of Language and Early Societies 2021-Jul-02 41 minutes

Episode 076 - Early Humans and Their Society 2021-Jun-26 35 minutes

Episode 075 - The Rise of Life On Earth, And Which Forms Were Possible And Impossible 2021-Jun-18 41 minutes

Episode 074 - Eclipses, And The Beginnings of Life on Earth 2021-Jun-09 53 minutes

Episode 073 - More on the Sun and Moon And Similar Astronomical Issues 2021-Jun-04 45 minutes

Episode 072 - Alternative Explanations in Science, and The Size of The Sun 2021-May-27 49 minutes

Episode 071 - Back To The Beginning - The Beginning of Our Corner of the Universe 2021-May-20 43 minutes

Episode 070 - More On The End Of The World 2021-May-15 35 minutes

Episode 069 - The Eventual End of Our World 2021-May-08 41 minutes

Episode 068 - This World Was Not Made By The Gods For Humanity 2021-Apr-28 34 minutes

Episode 067 - Did The Gods Wake Up One Day To Create The Universe? 2021-Apr-19 51 minutes

Episode 066 - The End of All Things (But Not Of The Universe Itself!) 2021-Apr-13 43 minutes

Episode 065 - Introducing a New Panelist (Don) and A Recap of the Opening of Book Five 2021-Apr-09 33 minutes

Episode 064 - Due To His Accomplishments, Epicurus Should Be Thought Of As Godlike 2021-Mar-31 30 minutes

Episode 063 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 3 - End of Book 4) 2021-Mar-26 53 minutes

Episode 062 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 2) 2021-Mar-15 51 minutes

Episode 061 - The Perils of Romantic Love (Part 1) 2021-Mar-12 57 minutes

Episode 060 - Dreams, And The Mind's Use of Images 2021-Mar-01 43 minutes

Episode 059 - The Uses Of The Body Were Not Designed Before They Arose 2021-Feb-27 37 minutes

Episode 058 - The Mind's Direct Receipt of Images 2021-Feb-20 61 minutes

Episode 057 - Taste, Smell, and the Subjectivity of the Senses 2021-Feb-12 59 minutes

Episode 056 - More On The Operation Of The Senses 2021-Feb-06 37 minutes

Episode 055 - Reason Is Dependent on The Senses (Part 2) 2021-Jan-25 61 minutes

Episode 054 - Reason Is Dependent on the Senses 2021-Jan-17 58 minutes

Episode 053 - The Senses Are Never Deceived, Even By Illusions 2021-Jan-16 41 minutes

Episode 052 - More on Light, Vision, and Reflections 2021-Jan-11 27 minutes

Episode 051 - More On The Working of "Images" 2021-Jan-03 49 minutes

Episode 050 - The Opening of Book Four - Images 2020-Dec-27 42 minutes

Episode 049 - Conclusions On Death And The End of Book Three 2020-Dec-21 48 minutes

Episode 048 - Nature Speaks To Us About Death 2020-Dec-12 48 minutes

Episode 047 - Death Is Nothing To Us 2020-Dec-05 32 minutes

Episode 046 - Conclusion of the Presentation that the Mind and Soul Cannot Survive Death 2020-Nov-29 34 minutes

Episode 045 - More on The Mortality of the Mind and Soul 2020-Nov-21 35 minutes

Episode 044 - Additional Evidence By Which We Conclude The Mind Cannot Survive Apart from the Body 2020-Nov-14 35 minutes

Episode 043 - The Mind is Born, Grows Old, and Dies With the Body 2020-Nov-07 42 minutes

Episode 042 - The Mind Works Through the Senses; Both Mind and Spirit Are Mortal 2020-Oct-31 39 minutes

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 2020-Oct-25 48 minutes

Episode 040 - Argument That The Mind and Spirit Are Corporeal 2020-Oct-17 48 minutes

Episode 039 - The Mind And Spirit Are Not Supernatural But Parts of A Man Just Like The Head and Foot 2020-Oct-09 41 minutes

Episode 038 - Book Three - Epicurus Our Guide Who Dispels The Darkness of Error and Fear of Hell 2020-Sep-27 51 minutes

Episode 037 - End of Book 2 - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die 2020-Sep-27 48 minutes

Episode 036 - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life 2020-Sep-19 40 minutes

Episode 035 - More Reasons Why Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense 2020-Sep-13 33 minutes

Episode 034 - The Atoms Do Not Possess A Faculty of Sensation 2020-Aug-31 32 minutes

Episode 033 - More On the Implications of The Colorless Atoms 2020-Aug-26 48 minutes

Episode 032 - The Atoms Are Colorless, But The Implications of That Are Not 2020-Aug-22 45 minutes

Episode 031 - Continuation of Episode 30 And Discussion of the Polyaenus Example 2020-Aug-10 31 minutes

Episode 030 - Only A Limited Number of Combinations Of Atoms Is Possible 2020-Aug-07 57 minutes

Episode 029 - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All 2020-Aug-02 32 minutes

Episode 028 - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable 2020-Jul-20 52 minutes

Episode 027 - There is A Limit To the Size of Atoms 2020-Jul-17 46 minutes

Episode 026: The Atoms Are Not Uniform In Shape 2020-Jul-11 44 minutes

Episode 025: The Swerve Part Two: As The Basis of Human Agency 2020-Jul-03 46 minutes

Episode 024 - The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature 2020-Jun-27 43 minutes

Episode 023 - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues WIthout Resting Place, and At Great Speed 2020-Jun-24 45 minutes

Episode 022 - Book Two - Epicurean Philosophy As The Only Way To Defeat Fear of Death And Other Errors As To The Goal of Life 2020-Jun-12 48 minutes

Episode 021 - The Universe Has No Center 2020-Jun-06 42 minutes

Episode 020 - The Universe Is Infinite In Size 2020-May-30 39 minutes

Episode 019 - All Things Are Not Made of Pieces of the Same Thing, Or Pieces of All Things 2020-May-23 50 minutes

Episode 018 - All Things Are Not Made of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water 2020-May-16 33 minutes

Episode 017 - All Things Are Not Made Of A Single Element, Such as Fire 2020-May-09 52 minutes

Episode 016 - The Atoms Are Un-Destroyable And Provide Continuity To All Nature 2020-Apr-27 48 minutes

Episode 015 - Recap Two - Reflections On Book One So Far 2020-Apr-26 31 minutes

Episode 014 - Atoms Are Solid and Indestructible And Constitute the Seeds Of All Things 2020-Apr-22 52 minutes

Episode 013 - Properties, Qualities, and the Trojan War 2020-Apr-10 43 minutes

Episode 012 - Nothing But Combinations Of Matter And Void 2020-Mar-30 48 minutes

Episode 011 - More On The Void and Its Implications 2020-Mar-28 55 minutes

Episode 010 - The Void And Its Nature 2020-Mar-22 32 minutes

Episode 009 - The Evidence That Atoms Exist, Even Though They Are Unseen 2020-Mar-12 44 minutes

Episode 008 - Step Two - Nothing Goes to Nothing! 2020-Mar-07 55 minutes

Episode 007 - The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing 2020-Feb-29 60 minutes

Episode 006 - Step One - Nothing Comes From Nothing! 2020-Feb-20 47 minutes

Episode 005 - On Resisting The Threats of Priests and Poets 2020-Feb-14 42 minutes

Episode 004 - Recap of Opening Sections Of Book One 2020-Feb-07 45 minutes

Episode 003 - So Great Is The Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds! 2020-Jan-30 42 minutes

Episode 002 - The Achievement of Epicurus 2020-Jan-25 54 minutes

Episode 001 - Venus / Pleasure As Guide Of Life 2020-Jan-14 51 minutes