
On the Nature of the Universe
Titus Lucretius Carus(Author)
Penguin Classics (Publisher)
Published on 26. May 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-14-044610-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. With a new introduction and commentary and a revised translation, this edition acknowledges advances in textual research and also provides more background information for the reader. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Books Ltd
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
239 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-044610-4 (9780140446104)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Reviser's Preface; Introduction; Bibliography. ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE: Synopsis; BOOK ONE: Matter and Space; BOOK TWO: Movements and Shapes of Atoms; BOOK THREE: Life and Mind; BOOK FOUR: Sensation and Sex; BOOK FIVE: Cosmology and Sociology; BOOK SIX: Meteorology and Geology; Notes. Appendix A: The Prelude to the Poem; Appendix B: Memmius; Appendix C: Smallest Parts; Appendix D: The Text; Appendix E: The Ending of the Poem.