Author: Cassius Amicus
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Eight Is Now Available! Step Two: Nothing Goes To Nothing.
Listen to “Episode 08 – Step Two – Nothing Goes To Nothing!” on Spreaker. Welcome to Episode Eight of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius,...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Seven Is Now Available: The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing
Listen to “Episode 07 – The Evidence That Nothing Comes From Nothing” on Spreaker. Discussion of this episode takes place at EpicureanFriends.com. Welcome to Episode Seven of Lucretius Today. This...
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How NOT To Escape Plato’s Cave
Thanks to Trey for suggesting this article, Epicurus on the Three Obstacles to Happiness and Tranquility, and this Reddit discussion. The subject deserves a lot more time than I can...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Six Is Now Available: Step One – Nothing Comes From Nothing!
Listen to “Episode 06 – Step One – Nothing Comes From Nothing!” on Spreaker. Discussion of this episode takes place at EpicureanFriends.com. Welcome to Episode Six of Lucretius Today. This...
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Announcement: Graduate-Level Epicurus Essay Contest With 1500 Euro Prize
Please share this information with anyone you think would be interested – Michele Pinto, on behalf of the World Cultural Association of Epicurus, is coordinating a graduate-level essay contest on Epicurus...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Five Now Available: On Resisting The Threats Of Poets and Priests
Listen to “Episode 05 – On Resisting The Threats of Poets And Priests” on Spreaker. Discussion of this episode takes place at EpicureanFriends.com. Welcome to Episode Five of Lucretius Today....
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Epicurus Exceeded the Labors of Hercules
Hercules and his labors are referenced in several places in Lucretius, in at least one instance comparing favorably to them the achievements of Epicurus. Someday when we have time we...
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Response to Donald Robertson Question: “Was Thomas Jefferson More Stoic Or Epicurean?” (Answer: Epicurean!)
Donald Robertson recently linked to an article he wrote and asked the question: “Was Thomas Jefferson more Stoic or Epicurean?” In answering “Epicurean” I will break down my response into...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Four Now Available!
Listen to “Episode 04 – Recap of Opening Sections Of Book One” on Spreaker. Discussion of this episode takes place at EpicureanFriends.com. Welcome to Episode Four of Lucretius Today. This...
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Lucretius Today Podcast Episode Three Now Available!
The third episode of the Lucretius Today podcast is now available. If you have questions you would like us to cover in the next episode, please place them in a...