How does Lucretius' atomism relate to modern science?

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My insistence that the universe is composed of fundamental, indivisible particles and that all phenomena arise from their interactions and movements laid groundwork for later scientific inquiry. Though my understanding of atoms was conceptual, the idea that matter is not continuous but particulate, and that natural laws govern its behavior without supernatural influence, resonates with modern atomic theory and the scientific method. It underscores the power of observation and reason.

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