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Epicurean (2025-01-07) (midwest.social)
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Alt textCurrently reading through this stuff and the How To Live Your Life parts are like footnotes to page upon page of incorrect physics.

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[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Lucretius De Rerum Natura (The Nature of Things) isn't a terrible resd in translation for anybody who is interested in learning more about the ideas mentioned in the strip.

Not discussed: Lucretius holds Venus to be the greatest diety because she is responsible for propagation. There are some bits where he unabashedly celebrates the omni-horniness of nature.

[-] Benjaben@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Well, what is "nature" except the unfolding, in all of its bawdy fullness, of "life uhh...[finding] a way"?

Guess I'm Team Lucretius! Thanks for the recommendation.

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