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 …
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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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537 pages
Latin language
Published 1953 by W. Heinemann ltd, Harvard university press.
- OCLC Number:
- 14072925
T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
230 pages
Latin language
Published 1899 by in aedibus B. G. Teubneri.
T. Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri sex
477 pages
Latin language
Published 1565 by ex officina Christophori Plantini.
De rerum natura libri sex.
285 pages
Latin language
Published 1953 by In aedibus B.G. Teubneri.
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
295 pages
Latin language
Published 1576 by Apud Ant. Gryphium.
De rerum natura
538 pages
Latin language
Published 1937 by Heinemann.
De rerum natura, libri sex
342 pages
Latin language
Published 1837 by Barth.
De rerum natura
285 pages
German language
Published 1963 by In aedibus B.G. Teubneri.
De rerum natura, libri sex
190 pages
Latin language
Published 1861 by Harper.
T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Latin language
Published 1920 by G. Bell and Sons.
- OCLC Number:
- 2067719
De rerum natura
369 pages
French language
Published 1925 by Les Belles Lettres.
De rerum natura libri sex
252 pages
Latin language
Published 1860 by Georgii Reimeri.
De rerum natura
Latin language
Published 1884 by Macmillan.
De rerum natura libri sex.
Latin language
Published 1962 by E Typographeo Clarendoniano.
De rerum natura
Latin language
Published 1923 by Weidmann.
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