Brief

Lucretius

The claims the writer was given for Lucretius, in the order they were given.

1. 1

   William Thomson's vortex atom theory contradicted prevailing theories of matter in which atoms were viewed as infinitesimally small, hard bodies, as imagined by Lucretius and endorsed by Isaac Newton.

   “This was in direct contradiction to then-prevailing theories of matter, in which atoms were still viewed as infinitesimally “small, hard bodies [as] imagined by [the Roman poet] Lucretius, and endorsed by Newton…””

   Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch9:19300-19505 opinion

2. 2

   On the Nature of Things by Lucretius was rediscovered during the Renaissance, bringing a secular vision of reality that led Western thought to turn away from the notion of invisible presences such as souls, ghosts, angels, demons, and fairy folk.

   “Starting in the Renaissance when the ancient Roman author Lucretius's great poem, On the Nature of Things, is discovered, and with it its secular vision of reality, Western thought begins to turn away from the notion that the real world includes invisible presences such as souls, ghosts, angels, demons, fairy folk, and all the rest.”

   The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:832-1161 opinion first hand

3. 3

   Lucretius wrote the poem On the Nature of Things.

   “the ancient Roman author Lucretius's great poem, On the Nature of Things, is discovered”

   The Fourth Mind 2025-01-15 ch18:865-942 administrative first hand