CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Infinite Space, Epicureanism, Voer
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Goal of book 5: to take the gods out of the world. Forces of the world are not only not divine they also possess no life or sense. Everything has its fixed place in the world where it lives and grows. In the body the mind is a fixed in a certain spot where it grows. Took gods out of the world in 2 ways: What could mortals even offer them as gratitude for bestowing the gift of life upon us. What could have changed in the gods divine world that would cause them to feel the need to make humans (motive) In the whole span of time that we did not exist we did not suffer therefore why create humans at all. Knowledge based on phenomenon that we can see. The world we live in is very complex as is living organism so how did the gods know to produce such as place.
