According To Lucretius's Four Principles Of Atomic Theory

In the beginning, Lucretius argues how nature is conceived, using real life scenarios to support his points. All things the human eye can perceive in nature are made up of what Lucretius calls “first beginnings” or “seed of things.” In other words, atoms are responsible for everything that is to observe in nature. Also, these atoms can be described more into detail with Lucretius’s four principles of atomic theory, his idea of an infinite universe and space in which atoms resides in, their combinations, and many more theories. All of these theories set the layout for atoms. Now, Lucretius focuses on atoms a lot in relation to nature, and to give some explanation to them, he describes atoms as immortal and indivisible, as shown by the following
When something in nature decays and evaporates over time into nothingness, the reality is that the ‘thing’ decays into atoms, which then dissolves back into nature. According to Lucretius, this is the cycle of the nature: atoms form things, which decay, and then these atoms dissolve back into nature to form new things. Similar to the law of conservation of energy in Science, atoms cannot be created, nor can it be destroyed—only transformed into new things that nature decides to create. Lucretius’s poetic position can be said to be serious and authoritative, as the purpose of the poem is to teach other people about how nature is conceived. In fact, Lucretius sets out the tone of the poem at the very beginning with the following passage: “Mother of Rome, delight of Gods and men / Dear Venus that beneath the gliding stars.” (Lucretius 1) Similar to Homer in the Odyssey, Lucretius invokes a muse, which, in this case, is the goddess Venus to guide him in his writing. He seeks the assistance of a deity, which represents the source of knowledge in their respective domain, and that is considered an act of seriousness; the author clearly intends on doing something that is perhaps beyond his
In fact, Lucretius states that, "For, were aught mortal in its every part, / Before our eyes it might be snatched away / Unto destruction." Basically, humans would be able to observe things that would, in an instant, be "snatched" or destroyed apart by nature. As mentioned, nothing can be created by nothing, and if that statement is true, then it follows that the divine power of Venus would not have the resources, or atoms, to be able to create new things. Third, the next principle argues that intangible things are composed of invisible bodies, which are atoms. For instance, the wind, an intangible body, is composed of invisible atoms that makes it the wind. In fact, Lucretius states that, "The winds infuriate lash our face and frame, / Unseen, and swamp huge ships and rend the clouds." Fourth, the next principle argues that nature is conceived with things located in motion in an empty space, which is called the void. If void did not exist, then it follows that things could not exist nor be in motion. In fact, Lucretius states that, "There's a place intangible, a void and room / For were it not, things could in no wise move." Void, or empty space is absolutely necessary for things to exist, or else, it would be the same as trying to put a human inside a solid and thick wall -- an absurdity. In short, given the nature of the atoms, their function in the