The Daniel Browne 1734 English translation of Lucretius’s On The Nature of Things. Indeed, in all the ground it covers, Lucretius’s poem essentially propounds the core tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism. Why has On The Nature of Things been valued so highly throughout the ages? Well, not only does Lucretius write beautifully, but he also reveals crucial insight into the works of ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus, much of whose work had been lost. Since its publication over 2,000 years ago, the poem has been celebrated by such thinkers as Montaigne, Thomas Jefferson, and Einstein. On The Nature of Things is a didactic, six-book work exploring everything from the fundamental nature of reality and what we can know, to the character of goodness and how we should best live. Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher born in 94 BCE, best-known for his epic poem De Rerum Natura (On The Nature of Things).
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