On the Nature of Things | 
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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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.
Close up of the Loeb Classics for @GlassAsDiamonds It was easier than typing out the names in a comment 😂
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
"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
(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.
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.
just started reading. love the imagery but, the author goes off topic a bit sometimes. I've been reading on my breaks at work.
