andie nachgeborenen wrote:
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> Seems to assume absolute time and space, blown up by
> relativity theory.
If one wishes to claim to be heir to Democritus & Epicurus, talking about their specific theories (atoms & swerve etc) is precisely the _wrong_ way to go about it. Their specific theories have no relation whatever to modern notions of space, time, or matter. What one should claim allegiance to is only the _spirit_ of their investigations and claims: their materialist perspective. And swerving atoms are quite another matter. And even more important was/is their perspective (passed on to us by Lucretius) on death: The dead don't know they're dead, and death is a tragedy for the living, not the dead.
Carrol