CT253 Lecture Notes - Richard Feynman, Index Librorum Prohibitorum, Lucretius
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Born 343 bce; samos- became one of classical greece"s most influential philosophers p. 72-73. Classical ethics- about having a good time, not do"s and don"ts. 76-78 comes after socrates pre-socratics = early physicists who tried to figure out how the molecules work etc. What exists: matter in the void (the universe and stuff in it) Matter consists of tiny particles called atoms- various shapes and sizes and colours. Swerves- things swerve together and you get things like a hippo. The gods- yeah they"re there, but don"t worry about them. Kindness, goodness, motivation is a good way to live life- surround yourself with friends reasons why society doesn"t like epicurans- suspicious of philosophers because they wanted people to detach from society, open to slaves and women. Christianity didn"t like epicurans because it denied a god watching over the earth, denied immortality after death.
