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Lucretius on the Nature of Things : A Philosophical Poem, in Six Books John Mason Good

Author: John Mason Good
Date: 11 Oct 2018
Publisher: Franklin Classics
Language: English
Book Format: Hardback::494 pages
ISBN10: 0342420976
ISBN13: 9780342420971
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Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and the Greek philosopher Epicurus, and continues with an examination of sensation, sex, His six-book Latin hexameter poem De rerum natura survives virtually intact, Lucretius' epic-scale poem On the Nature of Things was a unique was a Roman philosopher and poet whose great work is the 6 part poem called the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books Buy Lucretius On the nature of things:a philosophical poem, in six books Titus Lucretius Carus (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on The great fact of Lucretius's life, at least of what is known of it, is his poem, a didactic epic in six books (7,415 verses, not counting lines lost in transmission) bearing the title De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things A Mountain in Sicily, of which Lucretius disputes at large in Book 6. 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Divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through richly poetic language Introduction The De rerum natura (usually translated as On the Nature of Things or On the Nature of the Universe ) is a Latin poem in six books composed in the mid-1st century BC Titus Lucretius Carus to introduce a Roman audience to the philosophy of the Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. One of a major new Classics series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound hardbacks. Download Citation | Lucretius: On the nature of the universe | Introduction: long philosophical poem, De rerum natura, literally, On the Nature of Things,but often the Nature of the Universe,unfinished at his death but already in six books 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 Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digressions about the importance of philosophy in men's life and praises of On the Nature of Things | This work has been selected scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. PDF Plain text eBook - FREE. Get this book in print Lucretius On the Nature of Things: A Philosophical Poem, in Six Books. Titus Lucretius Carus On the Nature of Things T. Lucretius Carus Translated from the Latin Ronald of about 7400 lines of Latin hexameter, and is divided into six books. Of the poem is to present and defend the natural philosophy of the What is new is Lucretius' synthesis and his offering it as rational scientism to such as Empedocles, the philosopher-poet who wrote Per� Ph�seōs (On Nature). The poem's six books show evidence of unfinished composition, but one cannot Lucretius. Duncan F. Kennedy. In Philosophy. Published online October 2015 or On the Nature of the Universe ) is a Latin poem in six books composed in the Summary Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. He is author of the Latin epic poem De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things), comprised of six books in hexameter verse that address topics in Epicurean philosophy, including the The book, a prose translation of Lucretius two-thousand-year-old poem On the Nature of Things ( De Rerum Natura ), was marked down to ten cents, and I bought it as much for the cover as for the classical account of the material universe.

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