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On the Nature of Things (Watson translation) by Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BCE - 55 BCE)
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Written in the first century b.C., On the Nature of Things (in Latin, De Rerum Natura) is a poem in six books that aims at explaining the Epicurean philosophy to the Roman audience. Among digre... more
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On the Nature of Things (Watson translation) by Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BCE - 55 BCE) episodes:
August 11, 202509 - Book 3, pt 3 - Death is the end of man, and nothing should be feared after it. All suffering happens only during life. All men die, good or bad, and death should be contemplated with calmness and reason. 
August 11, 202508 - Book 3, pt 2 - The substance of the mind and the soul. The soul and the body can’t be separated without destruction of both. Twenty arguments which prove that the soul perishes with the body, contrary to the Pythagorean theory. August 11, 202507 - Book 3, pt 1 - Eulogy of Epicurus. Denial of divine power over the world. The fear of gods and the fear of death torment men and lead them into crimes. Difference between mind and soul. Both mind and soul are corporeal,i.e., composed of atoms like th August 11, 202505 - Book 2, pt 2 - Attack on those who refuse the theories of Epicurus. Properties of the atoms: atoms are constantly in motion, and tend to move downwards. Figure, flavor, surface of atoms. The different kinds of atoms are many, but not infinite. August 11, 202504 - Book 2, pt 1 - Praise of philosophy. Properties of the atoms: weight, combination, swiftness. August 11, 202503 - Book 1, pt 3 - Attack on the theory of Anaxagoras. The universe is boundless, limitless and has no center. Praise of philosophy. August 11, 202502 - Book I, pt 2 - Time doesn’t have a real existence. Atoms are solid and indivisible. Attack on the theory of Empedocles. August 11, 202501 - Book I, pt 1 - Invocation and Dedication of the poem. Praise of Epicurus. The theory of the atom. August 11, 202500 - Preface and Remarks on the life and poem of Lucretius December 13, 202118 - Book 6, pt. 3 - About the temperature of waters. About magnets and why metals are attracted to them. About the origin and cause of diseases. Description of the plague that depopulated Athens during the Peloponnesian war.
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