On the Nature of Things: de Rerum Natura - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lucretius (Editor), Anthony M. Esolen (Translator)Publish date:1995-06-01Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cengage LearningISBN-13:9780801850554ISBN-10:080185055XUPC:9780801850554Book Category:Philosophy, History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC68VR5R0M
On the Nature of Things: de Rerum Natura
Titus Lucretius Carus was probably born in the early first century B.C., and died in the year 55. Little is known of his life, although two tantalizing bits of gossip were passed on by St. Jerome: that he was poisoned by a madness-inducing aphrodisiac given him by his wife, and that his great poem On the Nature of Things was posthumously edited by Cicero. For the latter assertion, writes Anthony...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cengage LearningISBN-13:9780801850554ISBN-10:080185055XUPC:9780801850554Book Category:Philosophy, History, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Ancient, Ancient and ClassicalBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC68VR5R0M
Anthony M. Esolen is associate professor of English at Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island.
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