Lucretius on Chance, Necessity and Free Will

Lucretius, the Roman poet and philosopher, on free will, creativity and the mysterious swerve of an atom.

Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, c. 1485. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Philosopher and the Love Potion

If you were to trust Saint Jerome — and you probably shouldn’t — the philosopher and poet Titus Lucretius Carus, better known…