De rerum natura
By: Lucretius ; with an English translation by W.H.D. Rouse ; revised by Martin Ferguson Smith.
Contributors: Rouse, W. H. D. 1863-1950.; Smith, Martin Ferguson.
Edition: Rev. 2nd ed., reprinted with revisions.
Series: The Loeb classical library -- 181. -- [Latin authors]; Loeb classical library -- 181.; Loeb classical library
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 601
Other titles: On the nature of things.
Work titles: De rerum natura.
Description: This is the only known work by the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus (about 99 B.C. - about 55 B.C.). It expounds the tenets of Epicureanism, a philosophy which believe "pleasure" was best obtained by living modestly, seeking and gaining knowledge about the world, and limiting one's desires.
Notes: Jacket title: On the nature of things.

First published 1924; new version first published 1975.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Latin and English on opposite pages.