On the Nature of Things
55 BC · 304 pages
Everything is atoms falling through empty space, Lucretius argues in Latin verse, your soul included, and it dies when your body does. He wrote the poem to cure his readers of fearing death.
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And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
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On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC