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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 these things called paramanu. (-5[1])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 as (10[1])solutions to some of Zeno’s paradoxes. In De rerum natura, (10[1])Lucretius claimed that free will comes from these entities’ clinamen, or swerve. Leucippus is traditionally credited with proposing a doctrine regarding these entities, while his student Democritus argued for their existence (10[1])by claiming that nothing can be indefinitely indivisible. (10[1])For 10 points, name these fundamental units of matter. ■END■ (10[1])

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