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Lucretius on the Nature of Things

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An edition of ↪ /works/OL7981746W (1486)

Lucretius on the Nature of Things

With the poetical version of John Mason Good

  • 3.77 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 299 Want to read
  • 26 Currently reading
  • 19 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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Cover of: Lucretius on the Nature of Things
Lucretius on the Nature of Things: With the poetical version of John Mason Good
March 13, 2001, Adamant Media Corporation
Paperback in English
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
January 4, 1999, Flammarion, Editions Flammarion
Paperback in French
Cover of: De la Nature
De la Nature
January 1, 1990, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1920, Belles Lettres
in French
Cover of: Von der Natur der Dinge
Von der Natur der Dinge
1900, Reclam
in German - New ed.
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1893, Klincksieck
in French
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1893, Klincksieck
in French
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1876, Hachette
Cover of: Von der Natur der Dinge
Von der Natur der Dinge
1831, Göschen
in German - 2. .. Aufl.
Cover of: Lucrèce, De la nature des choses
Lucrèce, De la nature des choses
1823, Dondey-Dupré père
Cover of: De la Nature
De la Nature
Publish date unknown, Garnier Flammarion
Mass Market Paperback in French

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Paperback
Number of pages
556
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.2 x 1.4 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

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OL10500670M
ISBN 10
054378326X
ISBN 13
9780543783264
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