and stick to things "observation shows us is true". 5. Re-incarnation and Spirits "And it's ridiculous to think that as wild beasts are mating And whelping they're surrounded by immortal spirits waiting For mortal bodies to move into, mobbing myriads deep, Jostling and elbowing to be the first to creep Inside the flesh. That is, unless instead the spirits keep Some deal they've struck amongst themselves - so that the first to light Upon a body gets to slither in without a fight." I laughed so hard. Love it. 6. Evolution: "Don't imagine that the bright lights of our eyes were purpose-made so we could look ahead." He then goes on to describe various parts of the body that did not just appear so we could do this or that. He says that approach "jumbles effect and cause" but "that which is born creates its own use". Thus demolishing those who've argued that if evolution is true of what use is half an eye or half a wing. 7. Reason: we should embrace it and "let go of the terror of the new". And: "The mind seeks explanation. Since the universe extends forever out beyond" we should "peer into infinity and soar free". 8. The Universe: It extends forever. It's infinite. There's so much more. It's also a poem so there's much to enjoy as long as you keep in mind that not everything Lucretian is true. The most ludicrous being the true size of the sun is as we