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Nature of Things
Nature of Things | Lucretius
A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith s distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political, and psychological thought are absolute musthaves for book collectors as well as design enthusiasts. "The Nature of Things"combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Lucretius demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear, as the soul is mortal and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature rather than by gods. By believing this, men can live with peace of mind and happiness. His far-ranging lyrical exploration of the universe continues with an examination of sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology, and geology, all of these subjects made more attractive by the poetry with which he illustrates them.Translated by award-winning American classicist and poet A. E. Stallings, this volume also features an introduction by the esteemed Oxford classics scholar Richard Jenkyns. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators."
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Angeles
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Still going in my epicurean phase🤗😀. Amazingly I am enjoying this so far. Found a podcast of folks discussing the poem and I am trying to follow along.

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CarolynM
Nature of Things | Lucretius
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Close up of the Loeb Classics for @GlassAsDiamonds It was easier than typing out the names in a comment 😂

GlassAsDiamonds Oohhh! SERIOUS LOEBS!! 😻😻😻😻 As as result of picky teachers, I‘m firmly on the green side but always look longingly at the Romans. 😊 5y
CarolynM @GlassAsDiamonds I have to confess they are my husband's books. He had a little phase of learning Latin but has never tried to learn Greek (not yet, anyway) (edited) 5y
GlassAsDiamonds @CarolynM 😂😂 I strictly stick to the English side of the page!!! I toy with trying to learn Latin every once and a while... it usually goes nowhere 😂🤦🏻‍♀️😂 5y
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Caterina
On the Nature of Things | Titus Lucretius Carus
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Been doing a lot of reading by flashlight thanks to #HurricaneFlorence. So thankful to be safe though! There's a lot of flooding in our area now, but our house is on high ground. I guess it's not the worst to wrap up in a blanket and read in the dark! Stay safe, y'all! #NC

Lcsmcat I‘m glad you‘re safe! 6y
Caterina @Lcsmcat Thanks, I'm glad you are too! We've had no power for much of the last three days, but the flooding and downed trees only got bad last night and today. How're things where you are? 6y
Lcsmcat @Caterina We‘ve had it easy. We only lost power very briefly, and flooding has been very localized. I‘m headed back to work today. I hope your power is restored soon. 6y
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TheBookKeeper
On the Nature of Things | Titus Lucretius Carus
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"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."

Lucretius, On the Nature of Things

Paper Mache sculpture by Tanaka Kazuhiko

#lucretius #TheBookKeeper #sculpture #classics #whyweread #philosophy

Blaire Beautiful sculpture! 6y
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home-school-life-reads
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(I hope this the right translation I am linking!) Reading this translation by A.E. Stallings (in rhyming fourteeners no less!) inspired me to pick this poem of hers for our October poem of the month.

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GoneFishing
On the Nature of Things | Titus Lucretius Carus

Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off.

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2spooky4u
On the Nature of the Universe | Titus Lucretius Carus

just started reading. love the imagery but, the author goes off topic a bit sometimes. I've been reading on my breaks at work.

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