No. 28 of 200 · Great Authors
55 BC
Major worksDe Rerum Natura
The Roman poet whose On the Nature of Things set out the philosophy of Epicurus in soaring Latin verse, describing a universe of atoms and void governed by natural law rather than the gods. Lost for centuries and rediscovered in the Renaissance, his vision of a world without divine interference proved startlingly modern and helped shape the rise of scientific thought.
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Episodes and essays that touch on Lucretius.
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