Atheist Homeschool

by Greek Philosopher Titus Lucretius is nice, it’s poetic. I wonder how it can be, since it was probably written in Greek and I am reading it in English. Don Quixote did that, too in places, I wonder what is lost in translation so that we keep the rhyme and rhythm. It could have a whole different meaning. I guess the rhyme and rhythm isn’t always kept, is it? Anyways, the Ancient Greeks seemed a bit miserable, and very contradictory. Don’t fear death, it seems to say. Then, it says that death is a miserable, horrible, rotten thing, but don’t be afraid of it. Sound familiar? I wonder if he says, later on, that death is fun if you’re good. Like if you please the mystical Gods then your death will be hmmm, like heaven? Anyhow, it’s interesting, these old philosophers.

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