Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy

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 Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where we discuss this and all of our podcast episodes. This week we are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective, which gives us an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and helps us understand Epicurus' position on the same issues. This week will continue in Section 13 [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/#x-1] of Book Two. Our text will come from Cicero - Academic Questions - Yonge [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/] We'll likely stick with Yonge primarily, but we'll also refer to the Rackham translation here: Cicero On Nature Of Gods Academica Loeb Rackham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/cicero-on-nature-of-gods-academica-loeb-rackham/page/398/mode/2up] https://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/5205-episode-345-eataq27-we-can-t-find-true-and-complete-happiness-unless-we-have-kno/

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 Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where we discuss this and all of our podcast episodes. This week we are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective, which gives us an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and helps us understand Epicurus' position on the same issues. This week will continue in Section 10 [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/#x-1] of Book Two. Our text will come from Cicero - Academic Questions - Yonge [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/] We'll likely stick with Yonge primarily, but we'll also refer to the Rackham translation here: Cicero On Nature Of Gods Academica Loeb Rackham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/cicero-on-nature-of-gods-academica-loeb-rackham/page/398/mode/2up] https://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/5192-episode-344-eataq26-what-is-our-mind-s-role-in-determining-truth/#post40862

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 Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where we discuss this and all of our podcast episodes. This week we are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective, which gives us an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and helps us understand Epicurus' position on the same issues. This week will continue in Section 10 [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/#x-1] of Book Two. Our text will come from Cicero - Academic Questions - Yonge [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/] We'll likely stick with Yonge primarily, but we'll also refer to the Rackham translation here: Cicero On Nature Of Gods Academica Loeb Rackham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/cicero-on-nature-of-gods-academica-loeb-rackham/page/398/mode/2up] https://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/5184-episode-343-eataq25-in-the-search-for-knowledge-is-probable-good-enough/

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 Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where we discuss this and all of our podcast episodes. This week we are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective, which gives us an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and helps us understand Epicurus' position on the same issues. This week will continue in Section 10 [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/#x-1] of Book Two. Our text will come from Cicero - Academic Questions - Yonge [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/] We'll likely stick with Yonge primarily, but we'll also refer to the Rackham translation here: Cicero On Nature Of Gods Academica Loeb Rackham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/cicero-on-nature-of-gods-academica-loeb-rackham/page/398/mode/2up] https://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/5173-episode-342-eataq24-were-our-minds-designed-to-be-good-at-pursuing-knowledge-yet/

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 Epicurean philosophy left to us from the ancient world. Each week we walk you through the Epicurean texts, and we discuss how Epicurean philosophy can apply to you today. If you find the Epicurean worldview attractive, we invite you to join us in the study of Epicurus at EpicureanFriends.com, where we discuss this and all of our podcast episodes. This week we are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective, which gives us an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and helps us understand Epicurus' position on the same issues. This week will continue in Section 9 [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/#viii-1] of Book Two. Our text will come from Cicero - Academic Questions - Yonge [https://epicurustoday.com/02-key-sources/045-cicero-academic-questions-yonge/] We'll likely stick with Yonge primarily, but we'll also refer to the Rackham translation here: Cicero On Nature Of Gods Academica Loeb Rackham : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive [https://archive.org/details/cicero-on-nature-of-gods-academica-loeb-rackham/page/398/mode/2up]