Lucretius In The Modern World

Lucretius' On the Nature of Things provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. This book offers an extensive description... » 

Lucretius' On the Nature of Things provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. This book offers an extensive description of the poem, with special emphasis on its cheerful version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system. «