Titus Lucretius Carus

On the Nature of Things (Watson translation)

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Titus Lucretius Carus



Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Ep…

On the Nature of Things (Leonard translation)

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Titus Lucretius Carus



On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philoso…

De Rerum Natura

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Titus Lucretius Carus



An exposition of Epicurus atomic theory and the ethical tenets based upon it. Drawing upon this materialist philosophy, Lucretius cites the …

On the Nature of Things (Munro translation)

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Titus Lucretius Carus



Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99-55 BC), the author of "De Rerum Natura" or "On the Nature of Things," was a Roman poet and …