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- catalog abstract "Titus Lucretius Carus was probably born in the early first century B.C., and he died in the year 55. Writing in the waning days of the Roman Republic - as Rome's politics grew individualistic and treacherous, its high-life wanton, its piety introspective and morbid - Lucretius sets forth a rational and materialistic view of the world which offers a retreat into a quiet community of wisdom and friendship. Even to modern readers, the sweep of Lucretius's observations is remarkable. A careful observer of nature, he writes with an innocent curiosity into how things are put together - from the oceans, lands, and stars to a mound of poppy seeds, from the "applause" of a rooster's wings to the human mind and soul. Yet Lucretius is no romantic. Nature is what it is - fascinating, purposeless, beautiful, deadly. Once we understand this, we free ourselves of superstitious fears, becoming as human and as godlike as we can be. The poem, then, is about the universe and how human beings ought to live in it. Epicurean physics and morality converge.".
- catalog alternative "De rerum natura".
- catalog alternative "De rerum natura. English".
- catalog contributor b7472980.
- catalog contributor b7472981.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Even to modern readers, the sweep of Lucretius's observations is remarkable. A careful observer of nature, he writes with an innocent curiosity into how things are put together - from the oceans, lands, and stars to a mound of poppy seeds, from the "applause" of a rooster's wings to the human mind and soul. Yet Lucretius is no romantic. Nature is what it is - fascinating, purposeless, beautiful, deadly.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 287) and index.".
- catalog description "Once we understand this, we free ourselves of superstitious fears, becoming as human and as godlike as we can be. The poem, then, is about the universe and how human beings ought to live in it. Epicurean physics and morality converge.".
- catalog description "Titus Lucretius Carus was probably born in the early first century B.C., and he died in the year 55. Writing in the waning days of the Roman Republic - as Rome's politics grew individualistic and treacherous, its high-life wanton, its piety introspective and morbid - Lucretius sets forth a rational and materialistic view of the world which offers a retreat into a quiet community of wisdom and friendship.".
- catalog extent "ix, 296 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "On the nature of things.".
- catalog identifier "0801850541 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "080185055X (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "On the nature of things.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng lat".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "On the nature of things.".
- catalog subject "187 20".
- catalog subject "Didactic poetry, Latin Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "PA6483.E5 E83 1995".
- catalog subject "Philosophy, Ancient Poetry.".
- catalog title "De rerum natura".
- catalog title "De rerum natura. English".
- catalog title "On the nature of things = De rerum natura / Lucretius ; edited and translated by Anthony M. Esolen.".
- catalog type "Poetry. fast".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".