In its description of the world, Epicureanism looked back to which philosopher of the Hellenic Age?
A)Thales and his theory that water was the primary element of the world
B)Anaximander and his theory of the Boundless
C)Democritus and his theory of atoms
D)Plato and his theory of Forms
E)Aristotle and his theory that form and matter existed together

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Epicureanism looked back to Democritus and his theory of atoms, which stated that all matter was composed of indivisible particles called atoms. Epicurus himself noted his debt to Democritus in his Letter to Herodotus.

In Its Description of the World, Epicureanism Looked Back to Which