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De rerum natura

by Lucretius

Reading #42 ("Metamorphoses 2", 2026)


Abstract

Lucretius articulates Epicurean philosophy by arguing how the universe may arise from natural causes in his poem to the Roman politician Memmius.

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authors Lucretius
literary form poetry
genres didactic poetry
subjects philosophy, natural sciences, religion, meteorology, psychology, cosmology, theoretical physics, biology, anthropology, vulcanology, seismology
period Roman Republic
language Classical Latin
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keywords & tags #pores-over-gods, #the-winds-of-change, #surprisingly-good
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