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Review title: Doesn't Even Address Lucretius' Main Contentions
Product review: Lucretius' main contention is that matter is eternal because there was no force possible capable of splitting an atom. By no means proven, but how do people like Aquinas and the author rule it out? You want eternal, unchanging first principles? Lucretius provides one with his indestructible, unchangeable atoms. Atoms are unbreakablein turn because they determine, and thereby limit all physical forces. You want a prime mover? He recognizes any and all physical laws, things that effect changes in the universe, but still do not in any way themselves change, as qualifying. Lucretius is a challenging thinker that requires a real Thomist to provide convincing answers. This author simply does not recognize Lucretius or materialism a such. Lucretius was the inspiration of Newton's universal gravitation, not just an anticipator. A challenging world view must be addressed by this book. One is hardly referenced. It is mainly Catholic platitiudes!
