Describe one of lucretius arguments

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Problem- Read Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, Book 1, 146-634, 951-1051 (pp. 7-19, 29-31), Book 2, 1-332, 730-1022 (pp. 35-43, 54-61), then answer the following questions in the submission box below.

Part 1- Explain one of Lucretius' arguments for the principle that "nothing ever springs miraculously out of nothing."

Part 2- Lucretius claims that the universe in its essential nature is composed of only two (types of) things. Identify these two things and explain Lucretius' argument(s) for the conclusion that "no third constituent with a separate existence can be allowed to remain in the aggregate of things."

Part 3- Explain Lucretius' idea that the atoms swerve, and explain how this idea makes room within his system for human free will.

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