Battling the Gods

In this engaging audiobook, Tim Whitmarsh explores the ancient foundations of skepticism that challenged religious doctrines long before the Enlightenment and Darwinian theories emerged. Highlighting the contributions of thinkers like Epicurus, Lucretius, and Cicero, the narrative delves into how these early heretics posited that human actions shaped history, using matter and cosmological theories based on atoms. Whitmarsh vividly recounts the enduring clash between orthodoxy and heresy, culminating in the establishment of Christianity as the dominant worldview in the Roman Empire by 313 CE.