This philosopher's beliefs were described as "pagan mud" by an early translator, Lucy Hutchinson. This philosopher expressed a wish "that reason, rather than the fact itself, persuade us" after emphasizing the power of "fortune, the steersman." This philosopher imagined the psychology of a cow whose child is taken for sacrifice, before condemning Iphigenia's death as an example of "the crimes to which religion leads." This philosopher's analysis of dust motes in sunbeams is often cited as an early description of Brownian motion. This philosopher attributed free will to clinamen, or "swerve," a concept which this philosopher used to describe atomic motion. This philosopher addressed Gaius Memmius in a six-book didactic poem about Epicurean philosophy. For 10 points, which Roman philosopher wrote On the Nature of Things? ■END■
ANSWER: Lucretius [Titus Lucretius Carus]
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