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Lucretius Today – Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy

Lucretius Today – Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy

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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.

Recent Episodes

  • Episode 254 - The Skeptic Asks: Does Not Epicurus Undermine Religion As Much Any Outright Atheist? - Cicero's OTNOTG 29

    5 days ago

  • Episode 253 - How The "Riddle Of Epicurus" Fits Into the Epicurean View of The Gods - Cicero's OTNOTG 28

    2 weeks ago

  • Episode 252 - Cicero's OTNOTG 27 - Why Reverence The Epicurean Gods?

    3 weeks ago

  • Episode 251 - Cicero's OTNOTG 26 - How Niagara Falls Helps Us Understand the Flux, the Heap, and the Epicurean Gods

    3 weeks ago

  • Episode 250 - Cicero's OTNOTG 25: The Relationship of "Images" To All Human Thought - Not Just To "The Gods"

    1 month ago

  • Episode 249 - Cicero's OTNOTG 24 - Are The Epicurean Gods Totally Inactive, And Are We To Emulate Them Through Laziness?

    1 month ago

  • Episode 248 - Cicero's OTNOTG 23 - Cotta Pushes The "Argument By Design" Against The Epicurean View That All - Including Gods - Is Natural

    1 month ago

  • Episode 247 - Cicero's OTNOTG 22 - Cotta Continues To Attack The Epicurean View That Gods Are Natural Living Beings

    2 months ago

  • Episode 246 - Cicero's OTNOTG 21 - Examining Epicurean Evidence-Based Reasoning

    2 months ago

  • Episode 245 - Cicero's OTNOTG 20 - Right, Wrong, Or Incomplete?

    2 months ago