Length7h 41m
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De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) is a first-century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC) with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through poetic language and metaphors. Namely, Lucretius explores the principles of atomism; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of sensation and thought; the development of the world and its phenomena; and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena. The universe described in the poem operates according to these physical principles, guided by fortuna ("chance"), and not the divine intervention of the traditional Roman deities.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length7 hrs 41 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 13, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I
18FOLLY OF THE FEAR OF DEATH
2PROEM
19BOOK IV
3SUBSTANCE IS ETERNAL
20PROEM
4THE VOID
21EXISTENCE AND CHARACTER OF THE IMAGES
5NOTHING EXISTS per se EXCEPT ATOMS AND THE VOID
22THE SENSES AND MENTAL PICTURES
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6CHARACTER OF THE ATOMS
23SOME VITAL FUNCTIONS
7CONFUTATION OF OTHER PHILOSOPHERS
24THE PASSION OF LOVE
8THE INFINITY OF THE UNIVERSE
25BOOK V
9BOOK II
26PROEM
10PROEM
27THE WORLD IS NOT ETERNAL
11ATOMIC MOTIONS
28ORIGINS OF VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL LIFE
12ATOMIC FORMS AND THEIR COMBINATIONS
29ORIGINS AND SAVAGE PERIOD OF MANKIND
13INFINITE WORLDS
30BEGINNINGS OF CIVILIZATION
14BOOK III
31BOOK VI
15PROEM
32PROEM
16NATURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE MIND
33GREAT METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA, ETC.
17THE SOUL IS MORTAL
34THE PLAGUE ATHENS
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