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Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy

by Cassius Amicus

Lucretius Today is a podcast dedicated to learning Epicurean philosophy through study of the poet Lucretius, who lived in the age of Julius Caesar and wrote "On The Nature of Things," the only complete presentation of Epicurus' ideas left to us from the ancient world. We'll walk you line by line through the six books of Lucretius' poem, and we'll discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. In this podcast we won't be talking about modern political issues. How you apply Epicurus in your own life is entirely up to you. Over at the Epicureanfriends.com web forum, we apply this approach by following a set of ground rules we call "Not Neo-Epicurean, But Epicurean." Epicurean philosophy is not a religion, it''s not Stoicism, it's not Humanism, it's not Libertarianism, it's not Atheism, and it's not Marxism or any other philosophy - it is unique in the history of Western Civilization, and as we explore Lucretius's poem you'll quickly see how that is the case. The home page of this podcast is LucretiusToday.com, and there you can find a free copy of the version of the poem from which we are reading, and links to where you can discuss the poem between episodes at Epicureanfriends.com.

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Latest episodes

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Episode 350 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life

Welcome to Episode 350 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Sep 9
47 min

Episode349 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships And Heaps

Welcome to Episode 349 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Sep 3
38 min

Episode348 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth

Welcome to Episode 348 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Aug 28
48 min

Episode 347 - If You think True and False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False

Welcome to Episode 347 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Aug 21
40 min

Episode 346 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy

Welcome to Episode 346 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Aug 14
52 min

Episode 345 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True And Complete Happiness Is

Welcome to Episode 344 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Aug 6
40 min

Episode 344 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth?

Welcome to Episode 344 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jul 29
45 min

Episode343 - In The Search For Knowledge Is "Probable" Good Enough?

Welcome to Episode 343 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jul 21
42 min

Episode 342 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge?

Welcome to Episode 342 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jul 14
36 min

Episode 341 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie?

Welcome to Episode 341 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jul 10
39 min

Episode 340 - The Fatal Flaw In Socratic Skepticism

Welcome to Episode 340 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jul 1
45 min

Episode 339 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes

Welcome to Episode 339 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jun 25
35 min

Episode 338 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods?

Welcome to Episode 338 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jun 19
42 min

Episode 337 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascals Wager

Welcome to Episode 337 of Lucretius To day. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most comp lete presentation of Epi

Jun 12
41 min

Episode 336 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics

Welcome to Episode 336 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

Jun 2
47 min

Episode 335 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory

Welcome to Episode 335 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

May 29
41 min

Episode 334 - Further Epicurean Analysis Of The Problems With Stoic Kataleptic Impressions

Welcome to Episode 334 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

May 22
51 min

Episode 333 - Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Senses and Anticipations

Welcome to Episode 333 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

May 14
36 min

Episode 332 - The Stoic Failure To Grasp That Judgment Never Happens In The Senses

Welcome to Episode 332 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

May 4
39 min

Episode 331 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism

Welcome to Episode 331 of Lucretius Today. This is a podcast dedicated to the poet Lucretius, who wrote "On The Nature of Things," the most complete presentation of Epicu

May 2
37 min

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