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Review Long poem written in Latin as De rerum natura by Lucretius which sets forth the physical theory of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. The title of Lucretius' work translates that of the chief work of Epicurus, Peri physeos (On Nature). Lucretius divided his argument into six books. Books I and II establish the main principles of the atomic universe, refute the rival theories of the pre-Socratic cosmic philosophers Heracleitus, Empedocles, and Anaxagoras, and covertly attack the Stoics, a school of moralists rivaling that of Epicurus. Book III demonstrates the atomic structure and mortality of the soul and ends with a triumphant sermon on the theme "Death is nothing to us." Book IV describes the mechanics of sense perception, thought, and certain bodily functions and condemns sexual passion. Book V describes the creation and working of the world and the celestial bodies and the evolution of life and human society. Book VI explains remarkable phenomena of the earth and sky, in particular, thunder and lightning. The poem ends with a description of the plague at Athens, a somber picture of death that contrasts with the depiction of spring and birth in the invocation to Venus with
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- Author
- Carus, Titus Lucretius; Waston, John Selby (Translator)
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books, Publishers
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780594053033
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Social Science
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (15 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
Other editions & translations
- On the Nature of the Universe (Penguin Classics) (1994)
- Lucretius: The Nature of Things (2010)
- Lucreti de Rerum Natura: Libri Sex (1974)
- On the Nature of Things (1977)
- On the Nature of Things, Translated by Martin Ferguson Smith (Hackett Classics Series) (2011)
- Von der Natur der Dinge (1822)
- The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics) (2015)
- On the Nature of Things, Translated by Martin Ferguson Smith (Hackett Classics Series) (2001)
- طبيعة الأشياء [Arabic] (2007)
- On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World's Classics) (1997)
- The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics) (2007)
- Lucretius: De rerum natura V (1985)
- On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World's Classics) (2008)
- The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics) (2014)
- Lucretius · On the Nature of Things (1977)
- On the Nature of the Universe (Oxford World's Classics) (1999)
- On the nature of things = De rerum natura (1995)
- The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics) (1977)
- On the Nature of the Universe (Penguin Classics) (2005)
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