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An edition of On the Nature of the Universe (1486)

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This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. 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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Latin Didactic poetry, Ancient Philosophy, Poetry, Translations into English, Translations into Italian, Philosophy, Early works to 1800, Translations into Spanish, Translations into French, Criticism and interpretation, Nature, Microbiology, Classical literature, Physics, History, Atomic theory, Philosophy of nature, Latin poetry, Greek literature, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Kommentar, Didactic poetry, Latin, Eggs, Eggs as food, Latin language materials, Philosophy, Ancient, Science, Biology, Philosophie ancienne, Traductions anglaises, Poésie didactique latine, Didactic poetry, Lucretius carus, titus, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry, collections, Latin poetry, translations into english, Classical literature, translations into english, Traslations into English, Nature (aesthetics), Cosmology, Anthologies, Traductions italiennes, Poésie, Philosophy, ancient--poetry, Physics--philosophy, Physics--philosophy--poetry, Pa6482 .a61 1984
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Titus Lucretius Carus, Denys Lambin (1520 or 21-1572), Tannegui Lefebvre (1615-1672), Thomas Creech (1659-1700), Hubert van Giffen (ca. 1533-1604), Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay Baron (1800-1859), Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819-1885,), Epicurus

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On the nature of the universe
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T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
1975, Hans Rohr
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On the nature of the universe
1951, Penguin Books
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On the nature of things: books I to IV
1949, Henry Regnery Co.
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Of the nature of things
1935, J.M. Dent & Sons, ltd., E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
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Of the nature of things: a metrical translation
1916, J. M. Dent & sons, limited, E. P. Dutton & co.
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De rerum natura libri sex.: Revisione del testo, commento e studi introduttivi di Carlo Giussani.
1896, E. Loescher
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The nature of things: a didactic poem.
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Paged continuously.

Title varies slightly.

Engraved frontispiece on verso facing t.p.

Title vignette: Minerva Londinensis.

"In this edition ... the verses in the text which Mr. Creech had left untranslated are supplied, and many new notes added, by another hand."--cf. Lowndes.

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library.

Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials; vignettes.

Errata in v. 2 on p. [34].

Pp. 244-245 misnumbered 144-145.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ESTC, T49794

Gordon, 331F

John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894.

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Of the nature of things

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PA6483.E5 C7 1714

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2 v. :

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OL24441773M
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tlucretiuscaruso02lucr
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02017618
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