On The Nature Of Things

On the Nature of Things Latin De rerum natura is a first century BC epicpoem by Lucretius that grandly proclaims the reality of mans role in auniverse without a... » 

On the Nature of Things Latin De rerum natura is a first century BC epicpoem by Lucretius that grandly proclaims the reality of mans role in auniverse without a god to help him along. It is a statement of personalresponsibility in a world in which everyone is driven by hungers and passionswith which they were born and do not understand. «