General Discussion of "On The Nature of Things" (original) (raw)

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    2. The Rhetoric of Explanation in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura

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    2. De Rerum Natura Early Manuscript - codex oblongus

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    2. Albert Einstein, "Foreword to Lucretius" 16

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    2. LUCRETIUS AND HIS DE RERUM NATURA SIX CENTURIES AFTER (Article/Interview - David Sedley)

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    2. A Video Lecture Series on Lucretius By Monte Johnson 2

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    2. Topical Outline of Lucretius

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  24. Leonardo and Lucretius (and De Rerum Natura in Italy) 2

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  28. Notable Quotations and the Reception of Lucretius 6

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  32. Lucretius' Expressions of Epicurus' Atomoi 4

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  36. Browsing in the closed stacks today... 2

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  40. Attempts to Identify the Translator of the Daniel Brown Edition 4

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  44. The Light Side of the Moon: A Lucretian Acrostic by Leah Kronenberg 14

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  48. Forth-coming Critical Text–David Butterfield

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  51. Munro Translation of Lucretius 16

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  55. Memmius and Lucretius

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  58. Dicuil’s Liber de Astronomia and the Carolingian Reception of De Rerum Natura by Fabio Tutrone 1

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  62. Article on Connections between Leonardo Da Vinci and Lucretius / Epicurus

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    1. Sade's Lucretian Poem - "La Vérité" (The Truth), Translated w/ Article Attached 2

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  68. George Santayana's Essay on Lucretius (1910) 29

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  72. Background and Analysis: "Roman Poets of the Republic" by William Sellar (1881) 19

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  76. Butterfield's "The Early Textual History of Lucretius" 3

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  80. Good Article by Grzelak Highlighting the Ethical Components of "On The Nature of Things" - It's Not Just Physics! 1

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  84. The "Daily" Lucretian 16

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    1. The End of the De Rerum Natura 3

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  91. Frederick the Great's Statue Honoring Lucretius

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