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"On the Nature of Things" is a first-century BC long didactic poem written in Latin as "De rerum natura" by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius that sets forth the physical theory of the Greek philosopher Epicurus. Epicurus taught that the world could be understood by reason and that religion only arouses unnecessary fear. Lucretius denounced popular beliefs in deities and supernatural creatures.
The staying power of "On the Nature of Things" is unquestionable. The work has been, over the centuries, both widely influential on the greatest writers and widely reviled. Quickly dubbed atheistic by early Christian fathers, the book continued to provoke negative reactions from Catholic theologians for nearly a millennium.
Rediscovered during the Renaissance, the work became an oft-quoted source of inspiration for figures as diverse as Giordano Bruno in Italy, Michel de Montaigne in France, and Edmund Spenser in England.
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GenrePhilosophy, Spirituality and Religion, History
Length11 hrs 35 mins
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Publish dateJun 6, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1BOOK I
2Proem
3Substance is Eternal
4The Void
5Nothing Exists Per Se Except Atoms and the Void
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6Character of the Atoms
7Confutation of Other Philosophers
8The Infinity of the Universe
9BOOK II
10Proem
11Atomic Motions
12Atomic Forms and Their Combinations
13Absence of Secondary Qualities
14Infinite Worlds
15BOOK III
16Proem
17Nature and Composition of the Mind
18The Soul is Mortal
19Folly of the Fear of Death
20BOOK IV
21Proem
22Existence and Character of the Images
23The Senses and Mental Pictures
24Some Vital Functions
25The Passion of Love
26BOOK V
27Proem
28Argument of the Book and New Proem Against a Teleological Concept
29The World is Not Eternal
30Formation of the World and Astronomical Questions
31Origins of Vegetable and Animal Life
32Origins and Savage Period of Mankind
33Beginnings of Civilization
34BOOK VI
35Proem
36Great Meteorological Phenomena, Etc.
37Extraordinary and Paradoxical Telluric Phenomena
38The Plague Athens
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