On the Nature of the Universe
Contributors: John Godwin (Introduction); Ronald E. Latham (Translator)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: December 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780140446104
First sentence: Mother of Aeneas and his race, delight of men and gods, life-giving Venus, it is your doing that under the wheeling constellations of the sky all nature teems with life, both the sea that buoys up our ships and the earth that yields our food.
Description: With a new introduction and commentary and a revised translation, this edition acknowledges advances in textual research and also provides more background information for the reader.
Notes: Penguin Classics
Table of contents: title: Reviser's Preface;; title: Introduction;; title: Bibliography.; title: ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE:; title: Synopsis;; title: BOOK ONE: Matter and Space;; title: BOOK TWO: Movements and Shapes of Atoms;; title: BOOK THREE: Life and Mind;; title: BOOK FOUR: Sensation and Sex;; title: BOOK FIVE: Cosmology and Sociology;; title: BOOK SIX: Meteorology and Geology;; title: Notes.; title: Appendix A: The Prelude to the Poem;; title: Appendix B: Memmius;; title: Appendix C: Smallest Parts;; title: Appendix D: The Text;; title: Appendix E: The Ending of the Poem.