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

Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura

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

Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura

  • 3.77 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 284 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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246

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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: Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura
Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura
1996, University of Michigan 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
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 (p. 18-20) and indexes.

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Ann Arbor
Other Titles
Lucretius, De rerum natura

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
871/.01
Library of Congress
PA6483.E5 H8513 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 246 p. ;
Number of pages
246

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL740579M
Internet Archive
lucyhutchinsonst0000lucr
ISBN 10
047210778X
LCCN
97132283
OCLC/WorldCat
36371045
Library Thing
154820
Goodreads
1448269

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