1036. The Epicurean swerve
Apr 13, 2022•3 min
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Episode description
Cicero nails the Epicureans for their ad hoc theory of the so-called swerve, a sudden lateral movement of atoms meant to preserve the notion of free will in an otherwise mechanistic universe.
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