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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: De rerum natura
  title info:
    title: On the nature of things
  name:
    name part: Λουκρήτιος Κάρος, Τίτος
    name part: π. 94-55
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: συγγραφέας.
  name:
    name part: Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham)
    name part: 1863-1950
    role:
      role term: μεταφραστής.
  name:
    name part: Smith, Martin Ferguson
    role:
      role term: επιμελητής.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία
  genre: Διδακτική ποίηση, Λατινική
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: mau
    place:
      place term: Cambridge, MA
    publisher: Harvard University Press
    date issued: 1992, c1975
    date issued: 1992
    edition: New edition /
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  language:
    language term: lat
  language:
    language term: lat
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 ηλεκτρονική πηγή
  abstract: Lucretius lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility. Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds the scientific theories of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, with the aim of dispelling fear of the gods and fear of death and so enabling man to attain peace of mind and happiness. In Book 1 he establishes the general principles of the atomic system, refutes the views of rival physicists, and proves the infinity of the universe and of its two ultimate constituents, matter and void. In Book 2 he explains atomic movement, the variety of atomic shapes, and argues that the atoms lack colour, sensation, and other secondary qualities. In Book 3 he expounds the nature and composition of mind and spirit, proves their mortality, and argues that there is nothing to fear in death. Book 4 explains the nature of sensation and thought, and ends with an impressive account of sexual love. Book 5 describes the nature and formation of our world, astronomical phenomena, the beginnings of life on earth, and the development of civilization. In Book 6 the poet explains various atmospheric and terrestrial phenomena, including thunder, lightning, earthquakes, volcanoes, the magnet, and plagues. The work is distinguished by the fervour and poetry of the author.
  target audience: general
  note: Lucretius ; with an English translation by W.H.D. Rouse ; revised by Martin Ferguson Smith.
  note: Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφικές παραπομπές και ευρετήριο.
  note: Κείμενο στην αρχαία ελληνική με παράλληλη αγγλική μετάφραση.
  subject:
    topic: Φιλοσοφία, Αρχαία
  related item:
    title info:
      title: On the nature of things
    name:
      name part: Lucretius Carus, Titus.
    origin info:
      publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1924
      edition: New ed.
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Loeb Classical Library 181
  identifier: 9780674992009
  identifier: https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL181/1924/volume.xml
  record info:
    record content source: MaCbHUP
    record creation date: 141025
    record change date: 20250331120216.0
    record identifier: hup0000281
    language of cataloging:
      language term: gre