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It was mentioned in the podcast as a poem that contains a quote about atoms and free will, supporting Epicurus's ideas on the swerve.
Again, if all movement is always interconnected, the new arising from the old in a determinate order, if the atoms never swerve so as to originate some new movement that will snap the bonds of fate, t...
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Episode: Episode #010 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 1 - Epicu...
It was mentioned in the podcast as a poem that contains a quote about atoms and free will, supporting Epicurus's ideas on the swerve.
Again, if all movement is always interconnected, the new arising from the old in a determinate order, if the atoms never swerve so as to originate some new movement that will snap the bonds of fate, the everlasting sequence of cause and effect, what is the source of the free will possessed by living things throughout the earth?