Note (return) — Chapter XIII
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In his physical theories Epicurus followed Leucippus and Democritus. He expounds these theories in his letters to Herodotus and Pythocles, which are preserved in Diogenes Laertius. 785 We shall be guided mainly by his own statements, and when his meaning is obscure, or his exposition is incomplete, we shall avail ourselves of the more elaborate statements of Lucretius, 786 who is uniformly faithful to the doctrine of Epicurus, and universally regarded as its best expounder.