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“So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.”

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Lucretius (99 BC - 55 BC) was a renowned Greek Roman poet, hailed as the peak of Greek Roman philosophical poetry. His work 'On the Nature of Things' presented the natural philosophical ideas of the Greek philosopher Democritus in poetic form, which had a profound impact on later generations. more

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