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On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things

Lucretius · 1950

Ada Palmer explains that it serves as our best capsule of ancient atomism and the atoms and vacuum theory of matter.

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“Lucretius is on the nature of things De Rerum Natura which is our best capsule of ancient atomism and the atoms and vacuum theory of matter right which is written in around the BCAD term and drifts along being not very important…”

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