Search Results
Search results 1-4 of 4.
-
In preparing an outline of Lucretius Book One it appears to me that the following is a reasonable summary of Book One line 503: Summary: Since we have determined that everything is composed of only two things, atoms and void, and that nothing else can exist, we conclude that wherever there is empty space there is no body there, and where any body exists, there is no void, and from this we conclude that the atoms are solid bodies free from any void. Here is Bailey: [503] First, since we have foun…
-
One implication of this: We know due to the extending reasoning in Lucretius how Epicurus came to the conclusion that only atoms and void have an ultimate unchanging existence, that nothing has ultimate unchanging existence other than atoms and void, and that everything is made of atoms and void and only atoms and void. That reasoning tells us how he "defined" atoms and void and how he deduced their existence and how he reached his "nothing but atoms and void" perspective. Do we have a similar u…
-
My thoughts on this are spurred by what I did this afternoon. For years I have been kicking myself that I did not have a better "topical index" or "table of contents" for finding things in Lucretius. I have had a rough outline, but it wasn't keyed to line numbers and was not much help in finding things. And it really bugs me to have to say that "I remember that's in Lucretius but I can't remember where!" So to help burn this in my memory and create a better reference for everyone, I am going to …
-
What is the difference between a remedy and a truth? Are there untrue remedies? Or unremedial truths?
