Lucretius Postmodernity Epicureanism and Atomism

Table of Contents: Chapter 1. Lucretius’ epistemology (theory of knowledge) Chapter 2. The Atomic Theory of Lucretius Chapter 3. The Epistemology of Epicurus Chapter 4. Lucretius Theory of Evolution Chapter 5. Epicurus and Epicureanism Chapter 6. Knowledge of Atoms in Epicureanism Chapter 7. Atomism, Natural Philosophy and Lucretius Chapter 8. Zeno’s Paradox of the Arrow Chapter 9. Epicurus on Happiness Abstract: Lucretius made it plain that his poem was designed to liberate man from superstition, the fear of death and the tyranny of priests: \"When man’s life lay for all to see foully groveling upon the ground, crushed, which displayed her head from the regions of heaven, lowering over mortals with horrible aspect, a man of Greece was the first that dared to uplift mortal eyes against her. . . . but all the more they goaded the eager courage of his soul, so that he should desire, first of all men, to shatter the confining bars of nature’s gates. \"