De rerum natura
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title:
De rerum natura
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De rerum natura is a first-century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through poetic language and metaphors. Namely, Lucretius explores the principles of atomism; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of sensation and thought; the development of the world and its phenomena; a
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1st-century BC didactic poem by Lucretius
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_rerum_natura
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2003-07-19T07:20:42Z
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2024-09-07T22:47:39Z
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