卢克莱修（提图斯·卢克莱修·卡鲁斯，Titus Lucretius Carus，公元前96年—公元前55年）1，是罗马共和国末期的诗人和哲学家。
卢克莱修很看重原子运动中的转向，推崇偶然细微的转向，他以哲理长诗《物性论》著称于世，是古希腊哲学家伊壁鸠鲁的忠实追随者2。
卢克莱修
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For him, religions are out of balance with the universe. In fact, Lucretius often attacked religion as a form of blindness and a cause of evil: ‘Too often Religion / Herself gives birth to evil and blasphemous deeds’
Lucretius thinks about the universe: whether it has a limit or not. He argues: ‘All things limit something else […] but nothing / Exists beyond this All to close it in’
He wonders about what will make us happy and says that ‘luxury […] is useless for our bodies’ and that Nature supplies all that we need
Lucretius sees death as the necessary consequence of change in the universe and argues that it is not something to fear. Our atoms will simply disperse and become part of matter again.
He does not believe in Hell or an Underworld of punishment and says instead: ‘This life of fools […] this is the true Hell’. In other words, humankind creates its own torture and unhappiness, NOT the Gods.
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