De rerum natura
About this book
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.
Subjects
- ancient philosophy
- anthologies
- atomic theory
- biology
- classical literature
- classical literature, translations into english
- cosmology
- criticism and interpretation
- didactic poetry
- didactic poetry, latin
- early works to 1800
- eggs
- eggs as food
- great_books
- great_books_of_the_western_world
- greek literature
- history
- kommentar
- latin didactic poetry
- latin language materials
- latin poetry
- latin poetry, translations into english
- long now manual for civilization
- lucretius carus, titus
- microbiology
- nature
- nature (aesthetics)
- pa6482 .a61 1984
- philosophie ancienne
- philosophy
- philosophy, ancient
- philosophy, ancient--poetry
- philosophy of nature
- physics
- physics--philosophy
- physics--philosophy--poetry
- poésie
- poésie didactique latine
- poetry
- poetry, collections
- poetry (poetic works by one author)
- roman law
- science
- traductions anglaises
- traductions italiennes
- translations into english
- translations into french
- translations into italian
- translations into spanish
- traslations into english