Title: The nature of things /
Authors: Lucretius Carus, Titus.; Stallings, A. E. 1968-
Publisher: Penguin,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Didactic poetry, Latin Translations into English.; Philosophy, Ancient Poetry.
Abstract: "Lucretius was a Roman philosopher and poet of the first century BC whose only known work is The Nature of Things (c.50 BC), a didactic poem in six books that expounds his philosophical beliefs. He followed Epicurean ideas, believing the world to be made up of tiny atoms moving in a void and viewing life in terms of pleasure and pain, representing good and bad.
Contents: Introduction -- A note on the text and translation -- The nature of things. Book I: Matter and void ; Book II: The dance of atoms ; Book III: Mortality and the soul ; Book IV: The senses ; Book V: Cosmos and civilization ; Book VI: Weather and the Earth -- Glossary of proper names.