
Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC – c. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem "De Rerum Natura" about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which is usually translated into English as On the Nature of Things. Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certain fact is that he was either a friend or client of Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated.
Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura --long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography.
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Lucretius' poem, for which Epicurean philosophy provided the inspiration, attempts to explain the nature of the universe and its processes with the object of freeing mankind from religious fears.
There are few ancient authors as compelling as scientist, poet, philosopher, passionate observer of nature. While Caesar, Cicero and Vergil have long vied for first place in the classical curriculum, Lucretius' treatment of universal human matters rightfully earns him a place in their company. Catto's text of Lucretius provides 53 passages in 1294 lines, spanning all 6 books of the epic. Each section features a short introduction, discussion questions, vocabulary and extensive line-by-line notes on facing pages and a wide variety of illustrative quotations from both ancient and modern sources. Also Selections from Ars Amatoria Remedia Amoris - ISBN 0865163952The Phaedra of Seneca - ISBN 0865160163 For over 30 years Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers has produced the highest quality Latin and ancient Greek books. From Dr. Seuss books in Latin to Plato's Apology , Bolchazy-Carducci's titles help readers learn about ancient Rome and Greece; the Latin and ancient Greek languages are alive and well with titles like Cicero's De Amicitia and Kaegi's Greek Grammar . We also feature a line of contemporary eastern European and WWII books. Some of the areas we publish in Selections From The AeneidLatin Grammar & PronunciationGreek Grammar & PronunciationTexts Supporting Wheelock's LatinClassical author Vergil, Ovid, Horace, Catullus, CiceroVocabulary Cards For AP Vergil, Ovid, Catullus, HoraceGreek MythologyGreek LexiconSlovak Culture And History
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"A poets view of the scientific attitude of his time towards matter, atoms, the workings of the mind, cosmology, and geology.." from the back cover.
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De rerum natura (Sobre a natureza das coisas) é um poema didático, dentro do género dos periphyseos cultivado por alguns pré-socráticos gregos, escrito no século I a.C. por Tito Lucrécio Caro; dividido em seis livros, proclama a realidade do homem num universo sem deuses e tenta libertá-lo do seu temor à morte. Expõe a física atomista de Demócrito e a filosofia moral de Epicuro.Fonte: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_reru...
«L'esprit et l'âme se tiennent étroitement unis, et ne forment ensemble qu'une seule substance ; mais ce qui est la tête et ce qui domine pour ainsi dire dans tout le corps, c'est ce conseil que nous appelons l'esprit et la pensée. Et celui-ci a son siège fixé au milieu de la poitrine. C'est là en effet que tressautent l'effroi et la peur ; c'est cette région que la joie fait palpiter doucement : c'est donc là que résident l'esprit et la pensée.» Héritier d'Épicure et de Démocrite, Lucrèce dresse le tableau le plus lisible de la pensée matérialiste de l'Antiquité. Un petit livre pour méditer sur le corps et l'esprit !
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Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, called De rerum natura in Latin, poetically argues for the philosophy of Epicureanism. Lucretius explains Epicurean atomism, physics, atheism, philosophy of mind, mortality, and ethics.Lucretius' work was beautifully translated into English by Thomas Creech. This translation has here been updated to modern English and annotated for today's reader.
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Book 1: Matter and Space; Book 2: Movements and Shapes of Atoms; Book 3: Life and Mind; Book 4: Sensation and Sex; Book 5: Cosmology and Sociology; Book 6: Meterology and Geology.
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Název De rerum natura je přesným latinským překladem starého Epikúrova spisu Peri fyseós, dílo tedy objasňuje epikúrejské učení lidu, didakticko-epická báseň (6 knih) je hlavním představitelem materialismu, dokazuje, že příroda se řídí odvěkými zákony, kde vše vzniká, trvá a zaniká, bohové nemohou zasahovat do světa, který povstal z atomů, neexistuje ani podsvětí a bohové žijí v nečinnosti v nebesích, kde se radují ze své blaženosti,Psáno hexametrem, ale používá, oproti Ovidiovi nebo Vergiliovi, neobvyklé řazení přízvuku, používá archaismy i novotvary, podílí se na vytváření latinské filosofické terminologie převodem z řečtiny, věnovánu příteli Gaiu Memmiovi.
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