269 Episodes

  1. Episode 109 - The Epicurean View of Friendship

    Published: 2/17/2022

  2. Episode 108 - The Benefits of A Proper Understanding of the Senses and of Natural Science

    Published: 2/10/2022

  3. Episode 107 - The Epicurean Emphasis on Natural Science

    Published: 2/3/2022

  4. Episode 106 - The Epicurean Attitude Toward Fate / Fortune and the Role of Reason

    Published: 1/28/2022

  5. Episode 105 - More From Torquatus On The Key Doctrines of Epicurus

    Published: 1/19/2022

  6. Episode 104 - More Torquatus and a Question: Was The Ancient Epicurean Movement A Cult?

    Published: 1/13/2022

  7. Episode 103 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Three

    Published: 1/7/2022

  8. Episode 102 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part Two

    Published: 12/31/2021

  9. Episode 101 - Corollaries to the Doctrines of Epicurus - Part One

    Published: 12/22/2021

  10. Episode 100 - Concluding On Justice With A Shout To Keep The Virtues In Their Proper Place

    Published: 12/17/2021

  11. Episode 099 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part Two)

    Published: 12/9/2021

  12. Episode 098 - The Epicurean View of Justice (Part One)

    Published: 12/2/2021

  13. Episode 097 - The Virtues As Instrumental For Pleasure: Temperance and Courage

    Published: 11/26/2021

  14. Episode 096 - Episode Ninety-Six - The Proof That Pleasure (And Not Virtue) Is the Supreme Good

    Published: 11/15/2021

  15. Episode 095 - Understanding The Paradoxical "Absence of Pain"

    Published: 11/10/2021

  16. Episode 094 - Torquatus Explains Pleasure As The Goal Of Life

    Published: 11/6/2021

  17. Episode 093 - Torquatus Leads Us Forward Into Conflict Over Epicurean Ethics

    Published: 10/25/2021

  18. Episode 092 - The Plague of Athens, And The End of the Poem

    Published: 10/12/2021

  19. Episode 091 - More on Magnetism, and Introduction To Disease And Plagues

    Published: 10/4/2021

  20. Episode 090 - Special Guest Panelist - Preparation for Discussion of Magnetism

    Published: 9/27/2021

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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.