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Lucretius
Combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry.
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A poem that demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed by the…
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Lucretius Lucretius
De rerum natura (The Way Things Are) is a 1st century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a…
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John Veitch
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
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Ed Barrett
Full of brilliant rhythmic immediacy and syntactical arcs, as Ann Lauterbach puts it, these poems are as strikingly clear as they are surprising in their movements. Grounded in a close…
Epicurus, Lucretius
The Greek Philosopher behind Nearly Every Bad Idea
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George Santayana
This concise and compelling volume-described by Santayana as a "piece of literary criticism, together with a first broad lesson in the history of philosophy"-introduces Santayana's thought in the rich context…
De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) is a 1st century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to…
The present volume, Three Philosophical Poets, is composed, with a few additions, of six lectures read at Columbia University in February, 1910, and repeated in April of the same year…
Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions…
Lucretius Lucretius,Titus Lucretius Carus
… [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius didacticism, his passionate conviction and proselytizing fervour. The Classical Review
On The Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years…
The Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus better known as Lucretius was born in approximately 99 BCE. Much of the events in his life are unknown. What is known…
The First and Second Books of Lucretius - Translated is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas…
Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 Bi ca. 55 Be was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem on Epicureanism De Rerum Natura, On…
John Dryden
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…
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Originally published in 1937, this book contains an English translation of Lucretius’ De rerum natura by R. C. Trevelyan. The text is accompanied by critical notes and footnotes explaining certain…
Claudia Schindler
This volume provides an introduction to Lucretius' De rerum natura, the oldest completely preserved Latin didactic poem, and to the most important research questions concerned with the text.
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Reissued to accompany Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve the epic poem that changed the course of human thought forever.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing…
Titus Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99-55 BC) was a Roman poet and a follower of the Epicurean tradition. His major work, De rerum natura ( On the Nature of Things )…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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A. P. Sinker
This book provides an overview of Lucretius’ philosophical poem ‘De rerum natura’ intended to clarify the poem’s overarching themes to a first-time reader. It also gives a brief running commentary…
George Kazantzidis
The present book challenges the standard scholarly view according to which disease (morbus) in the De rerum natura is simply a problem to be solved and then dispensed with; due…
John Godwin
The Roman poet Lucretius, who lived in the first century BC, composed an epic poem, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe), whose avowed purpose was to change…
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Titus Lucretius Carus
.. . [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius’ didacticism, his passionate conviction and proselytizing fervour.‘ –The Classical Review
George P. Eckman
A Thesis For The Doctorate In Philosophy. Approved By The Faculty Of The Graduate School Of The New York University, 1897.
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The De Rerum Natura of Lucretius is at first sight something of an oddity: a scientific treatise and at the same time a poem of great power and intensity. This…
Lucretius Carus Titus
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Cyril Bailey
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Professor W.R. Johnson
Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, provides a poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. This book offers a description of the poem, with special emphasis on…
Alban Dewes 1899-1973 Winspear
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