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

Della natura delle cose di Lucrezio

  • 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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Italian
Pages
544

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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: Della natura delle cose di Lucrezio
Della natura delle cose di Lucrezio
2003, Salerno Editrice, Salerno
in Italian
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
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
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Latin poem De rerum natura translated in Italian and partly revised by A. Marchetti (1633-1714).
Contains introduction by the editor (pp. vii-xlix), brief biography of A. Marchetti, bibl. refs., notes and name index.

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Roma
Series
Diamanti, Diamanti (Rome, Italy)
Genre
Translations into Italian., Poetry.

Classifications

Library of Congress
PA6483.I8 M3 2003

The Physical Object

Pagination
lviii, 544 p. ;
Number of pages
544

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3767242M
ISBN 10
8884023858
LCCN
2003487791
OCLC/WorldCat
52284717
Library Thing
154820

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