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Podcast
#60 The Lie Factory
In 1419, a couple of years after he lost his papal secretary job and discovered Lucretius, Poggio did what everyone does when they are shit out luck and…
#59 Niccolo de Niccoli
Nicky the Nickster was one of the most influential people in Florence in the early 1400s. He was the unofficial minister of culture and probably the guy who…
#58 How The Christians Wiped Out Epicureanism
When Christians banned other religions and philosophies in the late 4th century, Plato and Aristotle, pagans who believed in the immortality of the soul, could ultimately be accommodated…
#57 Lucretius "On The Nature Of Things"
Let’s get deep into some Lucretius, the Roman Epicurean philosopher poet. Today I want to read from "On the Nature of Things".