What the Hell Is Going On, Literature?

Lucretius is fully aware of what he's doing, and he's going against the master. If epicurus had lived to see what was going on, he would have been horrified. We don't have any direct evidence that he said anything about a swerve. People are always talking about epicurus, you know, swerve. It's just not there. And most importantly, one of the themes is lucretiu's connection to the poetic tradition,. Another theme played down, typically by epicureans who, again, are interested in poetry, don't care about poetry. Do not see thi to path to the truth, and Lucas obviously did and its attention.

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