Episode 326 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why?
From Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy by Cassius Amicus
March 27, 2026 · 41 min
About this episode
This episode continues the series on Cicero's 'Academic Questions' from an Epicurean perspective, focusing on the philosophical issues relevant to Epicurus.
Welcome to Episode 326 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 start are continuing our series reviewing Cicero's "Academic Questions" from an Epicurean perspective. We are focusing first on what is referred to as Book One, which provides an overview of the issues that split Plato's Academy and gives us an overview of the philosophical issues being dealt with at the time of Epicurus. This week will will continue in Section 7 https://www.epicureanfriends.com/thread/4986-episode-326-eataq-08-who-cares-about-indivisibility-and-why/
Topics covered
- infinite divisibility
- Epicurean philosophy
- Cicero's Academic Questions
- Plato's Academy
Keywords
- Lucretius
- Epicurus
- philosophy
- society
- culture
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: On The Nature of Things, Academic Questions
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