Lucretius
c. 94 BCE – 55 BCElived
Roman Republic
- Epicureanism
Wrote Epicurean atomism as a six-book poem arguing that the gods do not care, the soul dies with the body, and this should be a relief rather than a horror.
Known for
- atoms and void
- the swerve
- against fear of death
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.