11/12 Atomism 64-71

Themes: Material dualism, change, properties of matter, Epicurean and Stoic metaphysics

1. For the Atomists, what are the basic constituents of the universe, and what is the cause and nature of change?

2. How does Parmenides influence the atomist’ claims about the impossibility of generation and destruction? What distinguishes them from Parmenides? 

3. In what ways does Democritus anticipate the ethical views of the Epicureans?