The overall argument of the poem is to present and defend the natural philosophy of the Epicurean philosophical school. The poem consists of about 7400 lines of Latin hexameter, and is divided into six books. We know little about the author, and the securest dating of the poem derives from a reference to it in a letter of Cicero it was probably first published in around 55 BC. It is a work plump with fascinating scientific theories, and one with interesting and influential philosophical ideas also it is, arguably, the latter that account for much of its continuing appeal. Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura is one of the great epic poems of the ancient world, and, as is claimed in this volume’s introduction, “perhaps the greatest didactic poem ever written in any language”. The great design and pattern of its making.” To expound my doctrine and as it were to touch itĬan hold your mind, while you attempt to grasp OL1548597W Page_number_confidence 84.57 Pages 326 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.16 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211109171612 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 197 Scandate 20211103111217 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780199555147 Tts_version 4.Translated from the Latin by Ronald Melville Urn:lcp:onnatureofuniver0000lucr_s2n2:epub:e43cdfb7-09a5-4d52-a927-10dbbca4aa9d Foldoutcount 0 Identifier onnatureofuniver0000lucr_s2n2 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t43s3nf6g Invoice 1652 Isbn 9780199555147 Lccn 2008482134 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-rc1-12-g88b4 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9776 Ocr_module_version 0.0.14 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-0000272 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:07:34 Associated-names Melville, Ronald, Sir Autocrop_version 0.0.4_books-20210916-0.1 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40279201 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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