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

Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura

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Lucy Hutchinson is well known for her Memoirs of her husband, Colonel John Hutchinson, the Parliamentarian and Regicide, but her poems and theological writings have been largely ignored. Her pioneering translation of Lucretius' De rerum natura, made in the mid-seventeenth century, is published here for the first time.

An accomplished Latinist, Lucy Hutchinson made her translation "to understand things I heard so much discourse of at second hand." It was a time of intellectual excitement, when Lucretius' Epicurean physics was making its great impact on European thought. Hutchinson responds to the brilliance of his Latin poetry in the fluent couplets characteristic of her century's great translations.

With no earlier English version to guide her, she shows extraordinary skill in reading a very difficult text, much obscured by corruptions and indifferent annotation.

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University of Michigan Press
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English
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246

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Latin Didactic poetry, Ancient Philosophy, Poetry, Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Philosophy, Early works to 1800, Translations into Spanish, Translations into French, Criticism and interpretation, Nature, Microbiology, Classical literature, Physics, History, Atomic theory, Philosophy of nature, Latin poetry, Greek literature, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Kommentar, Didactic poetry, Latin, Eggs, Eggs as food, Latin language materials, Philosophy, Ancient, Science, Biology, Philosophie ancienne, Traductions anglaises, Poésie didactique latine, Didactic poetry, Lucretius carus, titus, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry, collections, Latin poetry, translations into english, Classical literature, translations into english, Traslations into English, Nature (aesthetics), Cosmology, Anthologies, Traductions italiennes, Poésie, Philosophy, ancient--poetry, Physics--philosophy, Physics--philosophy--poetry, Pa6482 .a61 1984, Roman law
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Titus Lucretius Carus, Denys Lambin (1520 or 21-1572), Tannegui Lefebvre (1615-1672), Thomas Creech (1659-1700), Hubert van Giffen (ca. 1533-1604), Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay Baron (1800-1859), Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819-1885,), Epicurus

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On the nature of the universe
2008, Oxford University Press
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Lucy Hutchinson's translation of Lucretius, De rerum natura
1996, University of Michigan Press
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T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
1975, Hans Rohr
in Latin
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On the nature of the universe
1951, Penguin Books
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On the nature of things: books I to IV
1949, Henry Regnery Co.
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Of the nature of things
1935, J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
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Of the nature of things: a metrical translation
1916, J. M. Dent & sons, limited, E. P. Dutton & co.
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De rerum natura libri sex.: Revisione del testo, commento e studi introduttivi di Carlo Giussani.
1896, E. Loescher
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T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex
1828, Sumptibus et Typis B. G. Teubneri
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T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex: ad exemplar Gilberti Wakefield, A.B. cum ejusdem notis, commentariis, indicibus, fideliter excusi.
1813, Bell & Bradfute [etc.]
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The nature of things: a didactic poem.
1805, Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
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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

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Dewey Decimal Class
871/.01
Library of Congress
PA6483.E5 H8513 1996, PA6483.E5 H88 1996x

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 246 p. ;
Number of pages
246

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

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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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