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Against Teleology and Abstraction

Clerestory (Bryan Kam)

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Is Democritus the First Philosopher?

The epicureans were a minority of philosophers in the third century BC. They believed that life should be pleasurable, not just grim and drudgery. The romans persecuted them for their atomist views on pleasure. Their ideas helped lead to the newtonian revolution and darwinian revolution.

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