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Podcast: Lucretius Today - Epicurus and Epicurean Philosophy
Episode: Episode 002 - The Achievement of Epicurus
Description: Episode Two covers approximately lines 62-80 (from the 1743 Edition): “Indeed mankind, in wretched bondage held, lay groveling on the ground, galled with the yoke of what is called Religion; from the sky this tyrant shewed her head, and with grim looks hung over us, poor mortals, here below; until a man of Greece, with steady eyes, dared look her in the face, and first opposed her power. Him not the fame of Gods, nor thunder’s roar, kept back, nor threatening tumults of the sky; but still the more they roused the active virtue of his aspiring soul, as h...