did roman empire influence it?
Lucretius' poem "De rerum natura" describes the development of the cosmos, the Earth, living things, and human society
History of evolutionary thought
Lucretius' poem "De rerum natura" provides the best surviving explanation of the ideas of the Greek Epicurean philosophers. It describes the development of the cosmos, the Earth, living things, and human society
what history of evolutionary thought is about? It is about the recognition that species change over time and the perceived understanding of how such processes work, and its roots in antiquity what is its application to human? In 1871, Darwin published "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex", which contained his views on human evolution.
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History of evolutionary thought [SEP] Roman Empire
Lucretius' poem "De rerum natura" provides the best surviving explanation of the ideas of the Greek Epicurean philosophers. It describes the development of the cosmos, the Earth, living things, and human society through purely naturalistic mechanisms, without any reference to supernatural involvement. "De rerum natura" would influence the cosmological and evolutionary speculations of philosophers and scientists during and after the Renaissance. This view was in strong contrast with the views of Roman philosophers of the Stoic school such as Cicero, Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC – AD 65), and Pliny the Elder (23—79 AD) who had a strongly teleological view of the natural world that influenced Christian theology.