num_pages: 208
description: This great poem stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced dangerous ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and helped shape the modern world.
language: English
title: The Nature of Things
titlecomplete: The Nature of Things
genres: Literature, History, Classics, Science, Ancient, Philosophy, Roman, Ancient History, Poetry, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 13177
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company