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De rerum natura is a first-century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC) with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and … See more
Classical antiquity to the Middle Ages
Martin Ferguson Smith notes that Cicero's close friend, Titus Pomponius Atticus, was an Epicurean publisher, and it is possible his slaves made the … See moreSynopsis
The poem consists of six untitled books, in dactylic hexameter. The first three books provide a fundamental account of being and nothingness, … See moreMetaphysics
Lack of divine intervention
After the poem was rediscovered and made its rounds across Europe and beyond, numerous thinkers began to see Lucretius's Epicureanism as a "threat synonymous with … See moreTranslations
• Lucretius (1968). The Way Things Are: The De Rerum Natura. Translated by Rolfe Humphries. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press See more• Alioto, Anthony M. (1987). A History of Western Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0133923908.
• Billanovich, Guido (1958). "'Veterum vestigia vatum' nei … See moreAlso mentioned in the articleWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - See more
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