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The Epicurean gods

the gods

also: divum natura

On Epicurean physics the gods exist but dwell apart in perfect peace, neither making the world nor governing it nor caring for human affairs -- so they are neither to be feared nor petitioned. This banishes religio at its root.

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On the Nature of Things poetry · 31 mentions

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