01724cam a22003493u 4500 785 UtSlPG 20260610133036.0 m cr n 260607r1997||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PA Lucretius Carus, Titus, 95? BCE-50? BCE De rerum natura. English On the Nature of Things Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1997 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_rerum_natura Release date is 1997-01-01 Produced by Levent Kurnaz, and David Widger "On the Nature of Things" by Titus Lucretius Carus is a didactic poem written in the first century BC. Spanning 7,400 verses across six books, this work aims to explain Epicurean philosophy to Roman readers through poetic language. Lucretius explores atomism, the nature of mind and soul, and celestial phenomena, arguing that the universe operates by physical principles and chance rather than divine intervention. The poem seeks to free readers from religious fear by demonstrating that natural laws, not gods, govern existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English Philosophy, Ancient -- Poetry Leonard, William Ellery, 1876-1944 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/785 42904 42904