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A momentary version of these things was theorized by the Buddhist Vaibhashika school. The philosopher Kanada, whose name means eater of these things, proposed four kinds of (-5[1])these things called paramanu. Zeno of Elea argued that accepting the existence of plurality and these things would lead to finite and infinite objects, though later thinkers like Epicurus introduced these entities (10[1])as (10[1])solutions (10[1])to some of Zeno’s paradoxes. (10[1])In De rerum natura, (10[1])Lucretius claimed that free will comes from these entities’ clinamen, or (10[1])swerve. Leucippus (10[1])is traditionally credited with proposing a doctrine regarding these entities, while his student Democritus (10[2])argued for their (10[1])existence by claiming that nothing can be indefinitely indivisible. For 10 points, name these fundamental units of matter. ■END■

ANSWER: atoms [accept atomos; accept kana until “Kanada” is read; accept paramanu until “paramanu” is read]
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