An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex

ad fidem codicis canoniciani nunc primum emendati.

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An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex

ad fidem codicis canoniciani nunc primum emendati.

  • 3.77 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 290 Want to read
  • 24 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

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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Cover of: On the nature of the universe
On the nature of the universe
2008, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: On the nature of the universe
Cover of: On the nature of things
Cover of: Of the nature of things
Of the nature of things
1935, J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
in English
Cover of: Of the nature of things
Of the nature of things: a metrical translation
1916, J. M. Dent & sons, limited, E. P. Dutton & co.
Cover of: De rerum natura libri sex.
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
1828, Sumptibus et Typis B. G. Teubneri
Microform in Latin
Cover of: T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
Cover of: The nature of things
The nature of things: a didactic poem.
1805, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
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Edition Notes

"Codex canonicianus, quo cum editio ista collata est, hodie in Bibliotheca Bodleiana adservata, Canon. Lat. 32. signatur."-p. [iii]

WSU MASC copy signed: "L S Woolf, October 1897" on front free endpaper.

WSU MASC copy has several annotations by Leonard Woolf.

WSU MASC copy is: 002-103924213.

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Oxonii, Londini
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Oxford Greek and Latin classics
Other Titles
De rerum natura., Lucretius., T. Lucretii.

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Pagination
xvi, 227 p. ;
Number of pages
227

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OL17591552M
OCLC/WorldCat
43079957

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