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Loeb Classical Library : Lucretius : On the nature of things : Books 1-6

by Titus Lucretius Carus

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Lucretius lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility.
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Latin text with Eng. tr. by W.H.D. Rouse, 1924. Rev. with new text, intr. and notes by Martin Ferguson Smith, 1975. Bibliography: p. lv. Includes index.
  TorontoOratorySPN | Sep 2, 2022 |
My wonderful Latin magister recommended this one...it blew my mind. ( )
  LibroLindsay | Jun 18, 2021 |
So ancient and so true... it would seem as if modern science had little to do but correct minor details in Lucretius' understanding of the Universe while forgetting the whole point about engaging in these pursuits: to bring inner peace to humankind.

Lucretius' text is a strange flower, a kind of secular divine apparition. A poem (which I would love to understand in Latin, but I do not), a surprisingly accurate scientific treatise, an ethical argument, and a compassionate evangelium. Awe inspiring. ( )
2 vote jorgearanda | Jul 22, 2012 |
I'm taking up Lucretius after reading through much of Horace in the Loeb--surprised at how short his epodes are, which seemed long when I read them in Latin in school. Loved Horace's Epistle 8 on his embassy with Vergil and Maecenas down the Appian Way (some of it by boat!) to Brundisium to negotiate for Augustus with the head of the Roman navy, Antony.
I'm surprised at how easy Lucretius reads, in Book IV now. Maybe more dense early on. I read a couple hundred lines in Latin (80% comprehension) during my morning walk yesterday, a couple miles. These were lines about the illusions of the senses, essentially about psychology--both in the ancient version, and ours. How eyes can be deceived, as by the rudder below water in a harbor. The scansion, too, is pretty simple. I'd say Caesar should be replaced in Latin II by Seneca and some of this.
I don't buy Greenblatt's thesis that Lucretius is behind modern science. Very doubtful. Clinamen.
But he does write well about Poggio, not done often. ( )
  AlanWPowers | Jun 12, 2012 |
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Rouse, W. H. D.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Lucretius lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility.

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