The Nature of Things
The Epicureans of ancient Rome discarded the ideas of life after death and of an interventionist God in favor of the tactile pleasures of nature. In The Nature of Things, Lucretius celebrates with wit and sharp perception the extraordinary breadth of the Epicurean belief system, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.
Paperback, 304pages.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: Â July 26, 2007
Language: ‎ English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-13: ‎  978-0140447965
The Epicureans of ancient Rome discarded the ideas of life after death and of an interventionist God in favor of the tactile pleasures of nature. In The Nature of Things, Lucretius celebrates with wit and sharp perception the extraordinary breadth of the Epicurean belief system, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.
Paperback, 304pages.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: Â July 26, 2007
Language: ‎ English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-13: ‎  978-0140447965
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The Epicureans of ancient Rome discarded the ideas of life after death and of an interventionist God in favor of the tactile pleasures of nature. In The Nature of Things, Lucretius celebrates with wit and sharp perception the extraordinary breadth of the Epicurean belief system, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms.
Paperback, 304pages.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: Â July 26, 2007
Language: ‎ English
Print length: 304 pages
ISBN-13: ‎  978-0140447965
