Tag: Lucretius
Nothing New Under the Sun
The inference to a First Cause has begun to percolate down to people who hold no prior allegiance to any of the world’s accredited religions.
How I Came to Take Leave of Darwin: A Coda
After seeing my recent book through to publication, I began to experience a certain gnawing feeling.
The Stars Above Us
What Lucretius once termed in the widest sense “the nature of things” is no respecter of modern scientific conventions.
Evolution Versus Design: An Ancient Debate
The universe, according to Epicureanism, is without a creator, a purposeless and non-intelligent concourse of atoms without any cosmic source of direction.
Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest
Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature.