An edition of De rerum natura (1486)

T. Lvcretii Cari De rervm natvra libri sex

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An edition of De rerum natura (1486)

T. Lvcretii Cari De rervm natvra libri sex

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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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De la nature
January 4, 1999, Flammarion, Editions Flammarion
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De la Nature
January 1, 1990, Gallimard
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De la nature
1920, Belles Lettres
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1900, Reclam
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1893, Klincksieck
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De la nature
1876, Hachette
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Von der Natur der Dinge
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T. Lvcretii Cari De rervm natvra libri sex
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De la Nature
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Errors in paging.

Includes "Epitome seu compendium Epicuri de rerum natura" (p. 235-272, in Greek); "Capita quaedam philosophiae de natura Epicureae ex M. Tullij collecta libris, item verbis Titi composita" (p. 273-997(i.e. 297)); and "Thvcydidis verba è libro II. historiarum adiunximus, à poëta copiosè extremo libro VI. expressa" (p. 470-473, in Greek)

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[48], 477, [1] p.
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477

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