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On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus
Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, "De Rerum Natura") is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digressions about the importance of philosophy in men"s life and praises of Epicurus, Lucretius created a solid treatise on the atomic theory, the falseness of religion and many kinds of natural phenomena. With no harm to his philosophical scope, the author composed a didactic poem of epic flavor, of which the
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00 - Preface and Remarks on the life and poem of...
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01 - Book I, pt 1 - Invocation and Dedication of the...
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02 - Book I, pt 2 - Time doesn't have a real...
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03 - Book 1, pt 3 - Attack on the theory of...
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04 - Book 2, pt 1 - Praise of philosophy. Properties...
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05 - Book 2, pt 2 - Attack on those who refuse the...
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06 - Book 2, pt 3 - Compound bodies contain atoms of...
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07 - Book 3, pt 1 - Eulogy of Epicurus. Denial of...
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08 - Book 3, pt 2 - The substance of the mind and the...
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09 - Book 3, pt 3 - Death is the end of man, and...
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10 - Book 4, pt 1 - Theory of image. Vision is...
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11 - Book 4, pt 2 - Other senses: sound, taste and...
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12 - Book 4, pt 3 - Motion in animals and motion in...
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13 - Book 5, pt 1 - Praise of Epicurus. The world is...
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14 - Book 5, pt 2 - Cosmogony according to Epicurus....
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15 - Book 5, pt 3 - The rudeness of the early life of...
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16 - Book 6, pt 1 - Panegyric on Athens. Meteoric...
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17 - Book 6, pt. 2 - Origin of water-spouts, clouds,...
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18 - Book 6, pt. 3 - About the temperature of waters....
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