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Episode 281 -Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or An Evil At All?

Episode 281 -Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or An Evil At All?

Update: 2025-05-21
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Welcome to Episode 281 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 continue our series covering Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations" from an Epicurean viewpoint. This series addresses five of the greatest questions in human life (Death, Pain, Grief/Fear, Joy/Desire, and Virtue) with Cicero speaking for the majority and Epicurus the main opponent: 

Today we begin Part 2 - "Is Pain An Evil?," starting with Section V, where the question is posed. 

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Show notes are here: https://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/4454-episode-281-is-pain-the-greatest-evil-or-even-an-evil-at-all-part-one-not-yet-re/?postID=35286#post35286

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Episode 281 -Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or An Evil At All?

Episode 281 -Is Pain The Greatest Evil - Or An Evil At All?

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