A surprisingly modern belief of Lucretius is that the:
A) proper study of philosophy is the nature of man.
B) diversity of species can be explained by natural selection.
C) earth revolves around the sun.
D) world is made up of tiny, unseen bodies.
E) stars are actually other suns at a great distance.

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Lucretius believed in the atomistic view of the world, which held that all matter is composed of tiny, indivisible and invisible particles called atoms, which move in a void. This view anticipated many of the key ideas of modern physics, such as the atomic theory of matter, the kinetic theory of gases, and the idea of a void or empty space.

A Surprisingly Modern Belief of Lucretius Is That The