Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 - 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His major work is De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things, which is considered by some to be greatest masterpiece of Latin verse - deeper than any other poet; more moving, imaginative than any other philosopher. Stylistically however, most scholars attribute the full blossoming of Latin hexameter to Vergil. The "De Rerum Natura" however, is of indisputable importance for its influence on Vergil and other later poetry. The main purpose of the work to free men's minds of superstition and fear of death. It achieves this through the principles of the philosophical system of )

Works by Lucretius () at PP

On the Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature -- Karl Marx's doctoral dissertation, 1841 (http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1841/dr-theses/index.htm)

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