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De Rerum Natura (The Nature of Things): A Poetic Translation by Lucretius
Category: Poetry & Plays
This elegant new translation at last restores the poetry to one of the greatest and most influential poems in the Western tradition. "De Rerum Natura" is Lucretius' majestic elaboration of Greek Epicurean physics and psychology in an epic that unfolds over the course of six books. This sumptuous account ...Show more
Lucretius - The Way Things Are - The de Rerum Natura of Titus Lucretius Carus by Lucretius Staff; Rolfe Humphries (Translator); B. Feldman (Introduction by)
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
"... captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and proselytizing fervour.' --The Classical Review
ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE by LUCRETIUS
Category: Poetry | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'Therefore this terror and darkness of the mind Not by the sun's rays, nor the bright shafts of day, Must be dispersed, as is most necessary, But by the face of nature and her laws.' Lucretius' poem On the Nature of the Universe combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest ...Show more
On the Nature of Things by LUCRETIUS
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Hackett Classics Ser.
Very little is known about the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus. His birth and death dates are based off of cross-referencing works that mention him, and pieces of evidence derived from his writing, and are believed to be circa 99 BC-54 BC. "On the Nature of Things" is Lucretius's only k ...Show more
On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus
Category: Culture | Series: Great Books in Philosophy
With the passion of a true poet, Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99-55 B.C.E.) expounds the most coherent and eloquent system of materialism surviving from the ancient world. Developing the atomic theory of his master, Epicurus, Lucretius discusses the motion of atoms, natural phenomena, sensation, free will ...Show more
On the Nature of Things - De Rerum Natura: Bks. 1-6 by Titus Lucretius Carus
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, "De Rerum Natura" ("On the Nature of Things"). In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds ...Show more
Sensation and Sex by Titus Lucretius Carus
Category: unmapped | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
The Nature of Things by Lucretius
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The acclaimed new translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death ...Show more
The Nature of Things by Lucretius
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: A\Penguin Classics Hardcover Ser.
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith's distinctive, award-winning covers. Wh ...Show more
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