Lucretius cites the fact that a ring worn on the finger grows thinner over the years as evidence for his claim that:
A. all things grow smaller over time.
B. material objects are only temporary, not eternal.
C. the universe is composed of what we would call atoms.
D. physical reality is really an illusion.
E. not everything can be explained by an appeal to natural processes.
Answer: C
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