Lucretius on the nature of the universe:

This work combines a scientific & philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Based on the atomic theory of Epicurus, Lucretius' poem explores sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology & geology through acute observation of the beauties of the natural world &...

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Main Author: Lucretius Carus, Titus v94-v55 (Author)
Other Authors: Melville, Ronald Sir (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 1997
Series:Oxford world's classics
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Summary:This work combines a scientific & philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Based on the atomic theory of Epicurus, Lucretius' poem explores sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology & geology through acute observation of the beauties of the natural world & with moving sympathy for man's place in it
Item Description:Translated from the Latin
Published online: July 2015
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 275 Seiten)
ISBN:9780191819490
DOI:10.1093/actrade/9780199555147.book.1

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