An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

De rerum natura =

The poem on nature

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An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

De rerum natura =

The poem on nature

  • 3.77 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 281 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 17 Have read

This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.

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210

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Cover of: On the nature of the universe
On the nature of the universe
2008, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: De rerum natura =
De rerum natura =: The poem on nature
1976, Carcanet New Press, Carcanet Pr
in English
Cover of: T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: On the nature of the universe
Cover of: On the nature of things
Cover of: Of the nature of things
Of the nature of things
1935, J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
in English
Cover of: Of the nature of things
Of the nature of things: a metrical translation
1916, J. M. Dent & sons, limited, E. P. Dutton & co.
Cover of: De rerum natura libri sex.
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
1828, Sumptibus et Typis B. G. Teubneri
Microform in Latin
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: The nature of things
The nature of things: a didactic poem.
1805, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
in English

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Other Titles
Poem on nature.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
187
Library of Congress
PA6483.E5 S56 1976, PA6483.E5S56 1976

The Physical Object

Pagination
210 p. ;
Number of pages
210

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Open Library
OL4680236M
Internet Archive
dererumnaturapoe0000lucr
ISBN 10
0856351156
LCCN
77571599
OCLC/WorldCat
2803809
Goodreads
4956100

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