A Remarkable poem written by Lucretius in about 100 BC

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A Remarkable poem written by Lucretius in about 100 BC On the Nature of Things

Lucretius (99-55 BC) Roman Poet Records ideas of Epicurus in poetic form “On the Nature of Things” Counteract influence of religion.

Lucretius Bad things in life mainly due to ignorance. Counter ignorance & irrationality with knowledge. Teach people truth about the nature of things.

“The Nature of Things” Six books (chapters): Books 1 & 2: Basic principles of atomistic physics Books 3 & 4: The nature of the soul. Books 5 & 6: Explain the rest of the world—astronomy, meteorology, biology, geology, etc. Not need to bring in god to explain.

“The Nature of Things” Basic Doctrines: Nothing comes to be out of nothing (I, 150) No creation ex nihilo. All “creation” is really just reorganization. All sensation and all change is caused by the physical impact of one body on another (I, 304).

“The Nature of Things” So there must be tiny particles that are too small to see, to account for these changes. Greek atomism is conceptual. Not experimental. Experimental evidence for atomism comes much later.

“Atomism is the most important and far- reaching hypothesis ever formulated about nature.” Lecture at Cal Tech 1961. - Feynmann