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This philosopher criticised Anaxagoras’ (“an-ax-AG-or-us’”) theory of homoeomeria (“hom-ee-oh-MEH-ree-uh”) by discussing the impossibility of blood being shed from stones rubbing together. In one of this philosopher’s examples of gradual invisible changes, the right hands of bronze statues are worn away over time. This philosopher claimed that people could appear from the sea, and scaly tribes from the earth, if anything could originate from nothing. This philosopher illustrated superstition’s potency in inducing evil with the example of (*) Agamemnon’s sacrifice of Iphigenia. Book III of this thinker’s only known work argues that the body and soul both dissolve after death. In a work dedicated to Memmius, this philosopher described how free will derives from clīnāmen (“cleen-AH-men”) or (10[1])atomic (10[1])swerve. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Roman Epicurean philosopher who wrote rērum nātūrā. ■END■

ANSWER: Titus Lucretius Carus
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