Document 2: Lucretius On the Nature of the Universe 4.555-575 (1st C. BC) \"The

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Document 2: Lucretius On the Nature of the Universe 4.555-575 (1st C. BC) "The sun cannot be either much larger or much smaller than it appears to our senses. So long as fires are near enough both to transmit their light and to breathe a warm blast upon our bodies, the bulk of their flames suffers no loss through distance: the fire is not visibly diminished. Since the heat of the sun and the light it gives off travel all the way to [Earth] its shape and size must also appear as they really are. The moon also is not bigger than it appears to our eyes. For objects seen at a distance through a thick screen of air appear blurred in outline before they are diminished in bulk. It follows that the moon, which presents a sharp outline and a precise shape, must appear to us up there just as it is, with its limits truly defined and its actual dimensions." 13. What does the first argument offer as proof that the sun must appear correctly to our senses? a. We can feel the sun's heat and see its light clearly. b. The sun is not far away. c. Fire is always perceived clearly. d. The sun is not blurred by distance

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13. Option B is correct because poet is saying that as long as the fires as close enough, they can transmit heat continuously and we can see them clearly.

14. option D is correct because objects are not clear when thick air is there in atmosphere and outlines will be blurred. But moon clear because it is not blurred.

15. Option C is correct because as per poet, sight of rooster can hurt the lions but not humans.

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