On Lucretiusβs poem about Epicurean science: On the Nature of Things a.k.a. De Rerum Natura from the 1st century BC.
How does the world work? Lucretius presents a system that is surprisingly modern, and raises philosophical issues that are still on point today: What are the basic building blocks of the universe? How could these give rise to minds? What ethical views does a mechanistic world-view imply?
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