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    902. The Venus throw

    902. The Venus throw

    FromStoic Meditations

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    902. The Venus throw

    FromStoic Meditations

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    Length:
    3 minutes
    Released:
    Aug 23, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Cicero's brother, Quintus, invokes an analogy between a dice game and the structure of the universe to deploy what we today recognize as an argument from intelligent design. Which doesn't work.

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    Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support
    Released:
    Aug 23, 2021
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Occasional reflections on the wisdom of Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers with Prof. Massimo Pigliucci. Complete index by author and source at https://massimopigliucci.org/stoic-podcast/. (cover art by Marek Škrabák; original music by Ian Jolin-Rasmussen). Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/stoicmeditations/support