The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced subversive ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and helped shape the...
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The Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced subversive ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and helped shape the modern world.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781365756047
ASIN: B06W9JTXQ6
Publish date: 2017-02-13
Publisher: Enhanced Media Publishing
Pages no: 270
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Science,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Poetry,
Roman,
Ancient
Well, here I am, once again sitting in the passenger seat of my Dad's car on our final trek to Melbourne, and since I have been reading, sleeping, or driving for most of the day, I might as well fix up a couple of my reviews while I am sitting here (and since I have a smartphone, and my Dad has this...
IntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the Text and TranslationAcknowledgementsThe Nature of Things--Book I: Matter and Void--Book II: The Dance of Atoms--Book III: Mortality and the Soul--Book IV: The Senses--Book V: Cosmos and Civilization--Book VI: Weather and the EarthNotesGlossary of Proper Names
Review forthcoming...I'll probably wuss out on all the quote-heavy analysis I plan to do and end up half-assing it anyway.