On the Nature of Things: Lucretius by Lucretius, William Ellery Channing Leonard
On the Nature of Things: Lucretius

Lucretius, William Ellery Channing Leonard

On the Nature of Things: Lucretius

Lucretius, William Ellery Channing Leonard with Lucretius (Translator)

256 pages first pub 56 (view editions)

nonfiction philosophy poetry challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The Roman philosopher's didactic poem in 6 parts, De Rerum Natura — On the Nature of Things — theorizes that natural causes are the forces behind earthly phenomena and dismisses divine intervention. Derived from the philosophical materialism of th...

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