Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus ( , ; – ) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem ''De rerum natura'', a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, which usually is translated into English as ''On the Nature of Things''—and somewhat less often as ''On the Nature of the Universe''.
Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certainty is that he was either a friend or client of Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated. ''De rerum natura'' was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil (in his ''Aeneid'' and ''Georgics'', and to a lesser extent on the ''Eclogues'') and Horace. The work was almost lost during the Middle Ages, but was rediscovered in 1417 in a monastery in Germany by Poggio Bracciolini and it played an important role both in the development of atomism (Lucretius was an important influence on Pierre Gassendi) and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era to construct a new Christian humanism.
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4by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1495Venice, Theodorus de Ragazonibus, 4 Sept. 1495.[130] leaves. 22 cm. 4to. -
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Published 1566Antverpiae, Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1566.[48], 477, [1] p. 18 cm. -
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7Oxonii : e typographeo Clarendoniano, [19--][252] p. ; 20 cm.
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Published 1946Moskva : Izd-vo Akademii nauk So︠i︡uza SSR, 1946-1947.2 v. : ill. ; 23 cm. -
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11by Warburg, Ingrid, 1910-
Published 1937Hamburg, 1937.95 pages, 1 leaf 21 cm.Other Authors: “...Lucretius Carus, Titus...”
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12by Bouterwek, Rudolf, 1840-1902
Published 1861Halis Saxonum, Formis Ploetzianis, 1861.46 p.Other Authors: “...Lucretius Carus, Titus...”