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The nature of things

Hardcover • 2017 • English • 1. edition

The nature of things

By Titus Lucretius Carus

Part of the series Penguin clothbound classics

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One of a major new Classics series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound hardbacks. Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature and not by gods; and that by believing this...Show more

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ISBN

9780141396903

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The nature of things

Format

Hardcover

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