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Lucretius | | Birth Date: |
c. 99 B.C. | | Death Date: |
c. 55 B.C. | | Nationality: |
Latin | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
poet |
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 Biography of Lucretius
1207 words, approx. 4 pages
 Lucretius (99-ca. 55 B.C.), full name Titus Lucretius Carus, was a Latin poet and philosopher. His one work, De rerum natura, a didactic poem in hexameters, renders in verse the atomistic philosophy of Epicurus, forerunner of the modern-day atomic theory... summary from source:
Biography of Lucretius
9418 words, approx. 31.4 pages
 "When a single day brings the world to destruction, only then will the poetry of the sublime Lucretius pass away." This judgment by the Roman poet Ovid, written in the generation after Lucretius's death, has been echoed by such writers as Voltaire and Ge... summary from source:
 Biography of Lucretius
9261 words, approx. 30.9 pages
"When a single day brings the world to destruction, only then will the poetry of the sublime Lucretius pass away." This judgment by the Roman poet Ovid , written in the generation after Lucretius's death, has been echoed by such writers as Voltaire and G...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 On the Nature of Things Information
2,213 words, approx. 7 pages
On the Nature of Things (Latin: De rerum natura) is a first century BC epic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius that grandly proclaims the reality of man's role in a universe without a god to help him along. It is a statement of personal...
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 The Record (Bergen County, NJ) The Nature Of Things
07/22/1997: 760 words, approx. 3 pages JOHN A. GAVIN, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 07-22-1997 THE NATURE OF THINGS -- A SUMMER LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THE HEART OF SUBURBIA By JOHN A. GAVIN, Staff Writer Date: 07-22-1997, Tuesday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- 5 Star,... summary from source:
The Washington Post On the Nature of Things
03/07/1993: 943 words, approx. 3 pages Robert Kanigel EIGHT LITTLE PIGGIES Reflections in Natural History By Stephen Jay Gould Norton. 479 pp. $22.95 WHAT MAKES Gould so good? What is it about his essays on natural history, of which Eight Little Piggies represents his sixth collection, that his readers...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Richard Minadeo
13,189 words, approx. 44 pages
In the following excerpt, Minadeo attempts to explain the meaning of De rerum natura largely through study of its design and structure.
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Critical Essay by Anthony M. Esolen
8,440 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following excerpt, Esolen explains that Lucretius wrote the De rerum natura to fight superstition. He also examines Lucretius's influence on Vergil, Cicero, Horace, and other writers.
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