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Record Nr.

UNISA996208471003316

Autore

Lucretius Carus Titus

Titolo

On the nature of things / / Lucretius ; with an English translation by W.H.D. Rouse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-674-99200-8

Edizione

[New edition /]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 181

Soggetti

Didactic poetry, Latin

Philosophy, Ancient

Latin poetry

Natural history

Poetry

Science

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Lucretius lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility.