On the Nature of Things

Name: On the Nature of Things
Brand: WW Norton & Co
SKU: 9780393341362
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By (author): Lucretius

Translated by: Frank O. Copley

This great poem stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced dangerous ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and helped shape the modern world. See more

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Weight: 195g
Dimensions: 140 x 211mm
Publication Date: 06 Sep 2011
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780393341362

About Lucretius

Titus Lucretius CarusLucretiuswas a Roman poet and philosopher (ca. 99 BC ca. 55 BC). His only known work is an epic philosophical poem laying out the beliefs of Epicureanism De rerum natura translated into English as On the Nature of Things. Frank O. Copley was a preeminent translator of Latin. His publications include Catallus: The Complete Poetry; Plautus: Menaechmi Mostellaria Rudens; Vergil: The Aeneid and Lucretius's On the Nature of Things.