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Podcast: Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy
Episode: Episode 003 - So Great Is The Power of Religion To Inspire Evil Deeds!
Description: The text that will be covered in Episode Three appears beginning at approximately line 81 of the Latin edition of Book One.1743 Daniel Browne Version: But in these things, I fear, you will suspect you are learning impious rudiments of reason, and entering in a road of wickedness. So, far from this, reflect what sad flagitious deeds Religion has produced. By her inspired, the Grecian chiefs, the first of men, at Aulis, Diana’s altar shamefully defiled with Iphigenia’s blood; her virgin hair a fillet bound, which hung in equal length on either side of her face. She saw...