Epicurean physics

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:Aristotelian_physics
gptkb:Platonism
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Epicurus
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:De_Rerum_Natura
gptkbp:focusesOn materialism
atomism
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Epicurean physics
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Lucretius
gptkb:Roman_philosophy
gptkbp:influencedBy Democritus
gptkbp:opposedBy supernatural intervention
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Epicureanism
gptkbp:teaches universe is composed of atoms and void
atoms are indivisible
death is dissolution of atoms
gods exist but do not intervene
motion of atoms includes swerve (clinamen)
natural phenomena have natural causes
soul is material
universe is infinite
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stoic_physics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7