Epicurus - Physics | Letter to Herodotus (audiobook)

This letter by Epicurus is documented in "Lives of the Eminent Philosophers" by the Roman-era writer, Diogenes Laertius.
The translation is by RD Hicks.
Harvard University Press, 1925
Diogenes Laertius makes several commentaries throughout the letter and these are also recorded.
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No telescope, no microscope, no theory on electro magnetism or Einstein's E=mC2...just the mind. Also, a child could understand his words unlike the mathematical language of science which although necessary, unrelatable to most people. This is why Greek philosophy will always be the best starting point for anyone. What we call quantum now was called natural science then. All it takes is engagement with the brain, don't need any instruments apart from that. 'The unexamined life is not worth living' Plato