Full Idea
Atoms move themselves.
Gist of Idea
Atoms move themselves
Source
Lucretius (On the Nature of the Universe [c.60 BCE], II.133)
Book Reference
Lucretius: 'On the Nature of the Universe', ed/tr. Latham,Ronald [Penguin 1951], p.64
A Reaction
Something has to move itself, I suppose, but then that could be psuché, giving us free will (see Idea 1424). Why does Epicurus need the 'swerve' if atoms are self-movers? See Idea 5708.
Related Ideas
Idea 5708 In downward motion, atoms occasionally swerve slightly for no reason [Lucretius]