On the Nature of Things: De Rerum Natura (Focus Philosophical Library)
β Scribed by Lucretius
- Publisher
- Focus
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 255
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This text is a translation of Lucretiusβ poem which adheres faithfully to the text, yet with poetic force, accuracy, and humanitas and includes introduction, notes, and a glossary of philosophical terms cross-referenced to use throughout the poem.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Cover
Title page
Dedication
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Select Bibliography
Outline of the Poem
On the Nature of Things
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5
Book 6
Glossary of Philosophic Terms
Index
Back cover
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<p>This elegant new translation at last restores the poetry to one of the greatest and most influential poems in the Western tradition. <i>De Rerum Natura </i>is Lucretius's majestic elaboration of Greek Epicurean physics and psychology in an epic that unfolds over the course of six books. This sump
<span>Lukrez (um 97-55 v. Chr.) gehΓΆrt zu den groΓen Vermittlern und Weiterdenkern griechischen Gedankenguts. Ausgehend von den Lehren Epikurs entwarf er eine Philosophie, in deren Mittelpunkt die Theorie der Atome steht. Aus ihren Bewegungen leitete er nicht nur die Feinstruktur der Materie, sonder