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On the Nature of Things
Classics of LiteraturePhilosophy & EthicsDidactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into EnglishPhilosophy, Ancient -- Poetry
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"On the Nature of Things" by Titus Lucretius Carus is a didactic poem written in the first century BC. Spanning 7,400 verses across six books, this work aims to explain Epicurean philosophy to Roman readers through poetic language. Lucretius explores atomism, the nature of mind and soul, and celestial phenomena, arguing that the universe operates by physical principles and chance rather than divine intervention. The poem seeks to free readers from religious fear by demonstrating that natural laws, not gods, govern existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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