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Of the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus (Paperback / softback, 2013)

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Of The Nature of Things By Titus Lucretius Carus Roman Classics Translation By William Ellery Leonard Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC - c. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only kwn work is the epic philosophical poem De rerum natura about the beliefs of Epicureanism, and which is translated into English as On the Nature of Things or On the Nature of the Universe. Virtually thing is kwn about the life of Lucretius. Jerome tells how he was driven mad by a love potion and wrote his poetry between fits of insanity, eventually committing suicide in middle age; but modern scholarship suggests this account was probably an invention. The De rerum natura was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil (in his Aeneid and Georgics, and to a lesser extent in his Eclogues) and Horace. It virtually disappeared during the Middle Ages, but was rediscovered in a monastery in Germany in 1417, by Poggio Bracciolini, and played an important role both in the development of atomism (Lucretius was an important influence on Pierre Gassendi) and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era to construct a new Christian humanism.

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10
1492389706
ISBN-13
9781492389705
eBay Product ID (ePID)
189752715

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Author
Titus Lucretius Carus
Format
Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Topic
Anthologies

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Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Translated by
William Ellery Leonard
Date of Publication
10/09/2013
Country of Publication
United States

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