Episode 022 - 06/12/20 - 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 - 06/24/20 - The Motion Of The Atoms Continues Without Resting Place, and At Great Speed
Episode 024 - 06/27/20 - The Swerve Part One: As A Producing Force of Nature
Episode 025 - 07/03/20 - The Swerve Part Two: As The Basis of Human Agency
Episode 026 - 07/11/20 - The Atoms Are Not Uniform In Shape
Episode 027 - 07/17/20 - There is A Limit To the Size of Atoms
Episode 028 - 07/20/20 - The Number of Shapes of Atoms Is Not Infinite, But Innumerable
Episode 029 - 08/02/20 - The Earth As Allegorical Mother of All
Episode 030 - 08/07/20 - Only A Limited Number of Combinations Of Atoms Is Possible
Episode 031 - 08/10/20 - Continuation of Episode 30 And Discussion of the Polyaenus Example
Episode 032 - 08/22/20 - The Atoms Are Colorless, But The Implications of That Are Not
Episode 033 - 08/26/20 - More On the Implications of The Colorless Atoms
Episode 034 - 08/31/20 - The Atoms Do Not Possess A Faculty of Sensation
Episode 035 - 09/13/20 - More Reasons Why Atoms Cannot Possess The Faculty of Sense
Episode 036 - 09/19/20 - No Single Thing of A Kind: Earth Not The Only Home of Life
Episode 037 - 09/27/20 - End of Book 2 - The Earth Too Was Born, and It Will One Day Die
25. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Parts 17 - 28¶
Episode 210 - 01/20/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 17 - Self-Approval As Pleasure
Episode 211 - 01/27/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 18 - Battle Of The Images
Episode 212 - 01/30/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 19 - Can "Pleasure" Be Defended In The Public Square?
Episode 213 - 02/06/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 20 - Only Epicureans Define Pleasure As You Do! Why Do You Lie?
Episode 214 - 02/14/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 21 - Cicero Argues For Idealized Friendship and Happiness Which Epicurus Rejects
Episode 215 - 02/24/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 22 - The Epicurean View Of Happiness
Episode 216 - 02/27/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 23 - Why Does Epicurus Say Length Of Time Does Not Contribute To Pleasure?
Episode 217 - 03/06/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 24 - Does Luck Control Whether An Epicurean Is Happy?
Episode 218 - 03/15/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 25 - Can The Epicurean Not Distinguish Between Greater and Lesser Pleasures and Pains?
Episode 219 - 03/23/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 26 - Cicero Continues His Attack On Epicurus' Position On Pain
Episode 220 - 03/30/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 27 - Cicero Attacks Epicurus' End-Of-Life Decisionmaking
Episode 221 - 03/31/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 28 - Cicero Alleges Pleasures Of The Mind Cannot Offset Pain In Epicurean Philosophy
26. Special Episode - The Relationship Between Happiness And Pleasure¶
Episode 222 - 04/08/24 - Revisiting the Relationship Between Happiness and Pleasure
27. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Part 29¶
Episode 223 - 04/16/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 29 - Are Epicureans Undergoing The Exertions Of Life For Nothing More Than A Drop Of Honey?
28. Special Reading - The Letter of Cosma Raimondi¶
Episode 224 - 04/20/24 - Letter of Cosma Raimondi Special Reading - The 1429 Letter of Cosma Raimondi - In Defense of Epicurus
29. Cicero's On Ends - Epicurean Sections - Parts 30¶
Episode 225 - 04/24/24 - Cicero's On Ends - Book Two - Part 30 - Cicero Argues That Commitment To Virtue Is A Bar To Pleasure
Episode 226 - 04/30/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 01 - Introduction
Episode 227 - 05/10/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 02 - Velleius Begins His Attack On Traditional Views Of The Gods
Episode 228 - 05/13/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 03 - Velleius Asks "What Woke The Gods To Create The World?"
Episode 229 - 05/22/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 04 - Velleius Continues His Assault On Intelligent Design
Episode 230 - 05/27/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 05 - Velleius Attacks Misplaced Ideas of Divinity
Episode 231 - 06/07/24 - 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 - 06/15/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 07 - Velleius Attacks The Platonist And Aristotelian Views Of Gods
Democritus significantly influenced Epicurean philosophy, particularly in atomism, but Epicurus diverged on determinism and the attainability of truth.
Epicurus emphasized the importance of determining knowable truths to achieve happiness, contrasting with Democritus' skepticism.
Epicurus critiqued traditional theological views, asserting that gods are blessed and incorruptible, unlike Democritus' divine images linked to knowledge.
Sensation and preconceptions (prolepsis) are crucial in Epicurean thought, with Epicurus trusting these faculties for understanding the gods through non-visual images.
The podcast criticizes Plato and Aristotle's inconsistent and contradictory theological views, which Epicurus and his followers found logically and empirically flawed.
Episode 233 - 06/18/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 08 - An Epicurean Attack On The False God Of Stoicism
Rejection of Supernatural Elements: The episode emphasizes Epicurus' teaching that the universe is entirely natural, rejecting any supernatural elements, including the belief in life after death.
Critique of Platonic and Stoic Theologies: The discussion critiques Platonic and Stoic views of gods, highlighting the Epicurean stance that gods are blessed, incorruptible, and uninvolved in human affairs.
Nature of Epicurean Gods: Epicurean gods are described as animate beings that are deathless and perfectly blissful, contrasting with Stoic beliefs that deify abstract concepts like the law of nature.
Epicurus' View on Free Will: The podcast underscores Epicurus' rejection of determinism and the importance of free will, opposing Stoic fatalism.
Natural Law and Morality: The episode critiques the Stoic idea of natural law as an imposed divine order, arguing instead that Epicurean philosophy derives ethical guidance from the natural pursuit of pleasure and avoidance of pain observed in living beings.
Episode 234 - 06/24/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 09 - Dealing With Marcus Aurelius And The Epicurean Canonical Basis for Divinity
Episode 235 - 07/02/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 10 - Velleius Explains the Epicurean Proleptic View of Divinity
Episode 236 - 07/11/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 11 - Lucretian Support For Velleius' Views of Epicurean Divinity
Episode 237 - 07/17/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 12 - Isonomia And The Implications Of Infinity
Episode 238 - 07/24/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 13 - Velleius Erupts Against Stoic Fate and Supernatural God-Making
Episode 239 - 07/29/24 - Cicero's On The Nature of The Gods - Part 14 - The Dishonesty of Academic Skepticism vs. Epicurus' Commitment To Truth