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Lucretius

Karen Campbell: Book IV begins by discussing Lucretius’ mission. All images and projections come from a particular source and it leaves no room for the supernatural. He feels that religion continues to blind us from the way things really are and he hopes that his teachings will set mankind free. Lucretius then goes into detail about the existence of nature and atomic lighting image which happens through mid air and that films do exist in nature. He then begins to describe how sensations are caused by those atomic images; and how we as humans think, eat, sleep, and dream he also talk about passionate love; which to him is an attack. Lucretius mission is: “To free the spirit, give the mind release from constrictions of religious fear” (9-10:119). Lucretius says that although his writings seem harsh, and some people are against it, he just wants to explain the way things really are. He feels it is important to release the mind from images that create terror while either sleep or......


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