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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 26446477, member: 128351&quot;]The burnt scrolls of Pompeii are fascinating. Some could be deciphered in the 18th and 19th c. All were Greek and many were works by Philodemus of Gadara, an epicurean philosopher. There are other works by other epicurean philosophers and some fragments of Epicurus&#039; works. It seems that this library was a specialized epicurean library... And if the other charred scrolls could be deciphered, it is possible that the <i>On Nature</i> or <i>On Atoms and Void</i> of Epicurus could be found. It would be the Grail.</p><p>These fundamental works are presently lost, but had been adapted in Latin verse by Lucretius, &quot;<i>De Natura Rerum</i>&quot;, a book which was preserved. Epicurus taught that the universe was not created by gods, but made of void and atoms that assembled to form everything that exists, according to physical ( i.e. natural) laws...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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