According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come from nothing. ... Although the exact definition of this truth is not explicitly stated in either texts, both philosophers note that if in the case men reason incorrectly, "th...

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In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would vocally justify his abuse of slaves with a passage from the Bible that he misconstrued. ... Douglass is, therefore, strengthened in his fight for freedom because he understands that his true nature through the will of God is to be spiritually, mentally and physically free. ... He states: The old preacher could go no further than to give utterance to the familiar exhortations: "Trust in the Lord, the Lord can make you free"; "Ask in faith and He will give you what you ask." ...

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