On the nature of things
By: Lucretius ; translated by Frank O. Copley
Contributors: Copley, Frank Olin
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780393341362
Subjects: Latin Didactic poetry; Translations into English; Poetry; Ancient Philosophy
Other titles: Nature of things
Work titles: De rerum natura
Description: "This great poem stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature.... Based on the tenets of Epicurean philosophy, On the Nature of Things asserts that matter is composed of an infinite number of small particles; that even the soul, like the body, is made up of these atoms and dissolves painlessly after death; that there is no afterlife and therefore no cause for fear; and that the universe operates without the aid or attention of gods."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.