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100 1 _aLucrecio Caro, Tito
245 1 0 _aNaturaleza de las cosas: Versión en prosa del poema «De rerum natura»
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2020-07-20
508 _aProduced by Ramón Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Digital Hispánica/Biblioteca Nacional de España.)
520 _a"Naturaleza de las cosas: Versión en prosa del poema «De rerum natura»" by Manuel Rodríguez-Navas is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a prose version of the ancient Roman poet Lucretius's epic poem, which endeavors to explore the nature of the universe, the essence of the material world, and the principles of Epicurean philosophy. The text delves into topics such as the atomic theory, the rejection of superstition, and the pursuit of knowledge, aiming to dispel fears associated with life and death. The opening of the text introduces the reader to Lucretius’s fundamental ideas, highlighting the beauty and complexity of the natural world. It discusses the influence of Venus, the goddess embodying love and fertility, who symbolizes the life force in nature. Lucretius appeals to his friend Memmius, expressing the importance of seeking the truth about existence and encouraging an inquiry into the universe's fundamental elements. The beginning establishes a philosophical groundwork for the exploration of nature's laws and aims to combat societal superstition and ignorance through reasoned understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPhilosophy, Ancient
653 _aDidactic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations
700 1 _aRodríguez-Navas, Manuel,
_d1848-1922
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62711
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