Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part One)

On Lucretius’s poem about Epicurean science: On the Nature of Things aka De Rerum Natura from the first century BCE. 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 worldview imply? Continued on part two, or get the full, ad-free Citizen Edition now, as well as the Citizen-only follow-up discussion. The post Ep. 206: Lucretius’s Epicurean Physics (Part One) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.