#clinamen

Clinamen

Latin word for the swerve of atoms, or an inclination/bias

Clinamen is the Latin name Lucretius gave to the unpredictable swerve of atoms, in order to defend the atomistic doctrine of Epicurus. In modern English it has come more generally to mean an inclination or a bias.

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