Overview
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.
- | By (Author): Lucretius
- | Series: Loeb Classical Library
- | Publisher: Harvard University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 31, 1924
- | Country of Publication: United States
- | Number of Pages: 672 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-10: 0674992008
- | ISBN-13: 9780674992009
