Which Enlightenment figure was influenced by Lucretius?
Pierre Gassendi
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Answer
Pierre Gassendi was an influential French philosopher, scientist, and Catholic priest. He was a proponent of the philosophy of Epicureanism, which was heavily influenced by the writings of Lucretius. Gassendi believed that the universe was composed of atoms that moved in an infinite void, and that all things were determined by natural laws. He also believed that the soul was material and that it died with the body.
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