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HoP 059 - James Warren on Epicureanism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Epicurean School's Systematic Way of Moving From Obvious Claims About the World

The Epicurean school made bold claims about how the world is. One was that nothing pops into existence out of nothing. The other was that all information you get from the senses is true. These are quite bold claims, especially the claim about everything being made of atoms moving around in the void. Crazy idea. Couldn't possibly be true.

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