De rerum natura /

• Main Author: Λουκρήτιος Κάρος, Τίτος, π. 94-55 (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Rouse, W. H. D. (William Henry Denham), 1863-1950 (μεταφραστής.), Smith, Martin Ferguson (επιμελητής.)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English; Latin
• Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1992, c1975.
• Edition: New edition /
• Series: Loeb Classical Library 181.
• Subjects: Φιλοσοφία, Αρχαία; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία; Διδακτική ποίηση, Λατινική

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.