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Language: English
Published by Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1951
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Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series: Penguin classics. Physical description: 264p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Lucretius Carus, Titus -- De rerum natura. Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English. 1 Kg.
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- Title
- On the nature of the universe / Lucretius ; translated and introduced by R.E. Latham
- Author
- Latham, R.E. (Ronald Edward)
- Publisher
- Harmondsworth : Penguin
- Publication year
- 1951
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140440186
- ISBN 13
- 9780140440188
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
A modern prose translation of Lucretius' work appealing to a disillusioned age to take comfort from the sanity of science. Bibliogs.
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About the Author
Titus Lucretius Carus (who died c.50 BC) was an Epicurean poet writing in the middle years of the first century BC. His six-book Latin hexameter poem De rerum natura survives virtually intact, although it is disputed whether he lived to put the finishing touches to it. As well as being a pioneering figure in the history of philosophical poetry, Lucretius has come to be our primary source of information on Epicurean physics, the official topic of his poem.
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