Indeed! While Aristotle is often considered the Ancient Greek who most advanced scientific understanding, creating systems of taxonomy that are still used today, Epicurus had a number of insights which were much more accurate than the metaphysical systems of other schools, including the Peripatetics, Stoics, and especially the Academics.
Yes the details are wrong but I like the Epicurean physics for its basic principles which were maybe the most correct in ancient times: Uncuttables ( atoms, today bosons, electrons, quantum fields ), biological evolution, laws of nature as behaviour of atoms ( movement downwards = gravity ) movement general for nuclear power, electromagnetic, emergent properties in compounds, no magic powers, no life after death, eternal space/ matter / cosmoi. Limits of Life and attributes ( Pleasure/Pain), trust in empirical facts and sense data ( today with technical advanced methods) and so on…
Indeed! While Aristotle is often considered the Ancient Greek who most advanced scientific understanding, creating systems of taxonomy that are still used today, Epicurus had a number of insights which were much more accurate than the metaphysical systems of other schools, including the Peripatetics, Stoics, and especially the Academics.
Yes the details are wrong but I like the Epicurean physics for its basic principles which were maybe the most correct in ancient times: Uncuttables ( atoms, today bosons, electrons, quantum fields ), biological evolution, laws of nature as behaviour of atoms ( movement downwards = gravity ) movement general for nuclear power, electromagnetic, emergent properties in compounds, no magic powers, no life after death, eternal space/ matter / cosmoi. Limits of Life and attributes ( Pleasure/Pain), trust in empirical facts and sense data ( today with technical advanced methods) and so on…
Yes, I can see what you mean. There is something comforting about recognizing the smallness of human life.