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100 1 _aLucretius Carus, Titus,
_d95? BCE-50? BCE
240 1 0 _aDe rerum natura. English
245 1 0 _aOn the Nature of Things
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c1997
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_rerum_natura
500 _aRelease date is 1997-01-01
508 _aProduced by Levent Kurnaz, and David Widger
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aDidactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English
653 _aPhilosophy, Ancient -- Poetry
700 1 _aLeonard, William Ellery,
_d1876-1944
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/785
999 _c42904
_d42904