An edition of De rerum natura (1486)

T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex

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An edition of De rerum natura (1486)

T. Lucretii Cari De rerum natura libri sex

  • 3.77 ·
  • 13 Ratings
  • 299 Want to read
  • 26 Currently reading
  • 19 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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Latin
Pages
591

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Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
January 4, 1999, Flammarion, Editions Flammarion
Paperback in French
Cover of: De la Nature
De la Nature
January 1, 1990, Gallimard
Mass Market Paperback
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1920, Belles Lettres
in French
Cover of: Von der Natur der Dinge
Von der Natur der Dinge
1900, Reclam
in German - New ed.
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1893, Klincksieck
in French
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1893, Klincksieck
in French
Cover of: De la nature
De la nature
1876, Hachette
Cover of: Von der Natur der Dinge
Von der Natur der Dinge
1831, Göschen
in German - 2. .. Aufl.
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: Lucrèce, De la nature des choses
Lucrèce, De la nature des choses
1823, Dondey-Dupré père
Cover of: De la Nature
De la Nature
Publish date unknown, Garnier Flammarion
Mass Market Paperback in French

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Lipsiae
Series
History of religions preservation project -- MN40048.4
Other Titles
De rerum natura.

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Format
Microform
Pagination
lxii, 591 p.
Number of pages
591

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OL14023551M
Internet Archive
MN40048ucmf_3
OCLC/WorldCat
38195006

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