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  1. Lucretius on the nature of the universe
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This work combines a scientific & philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Based on the atomic theory of Epicurus, Lucretius' poem explores sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology & geology through acute observation of the... more

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    This work combines a scientific & philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Based on the atomic theory of Epicurus, Lucretius' poem explores sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology & geology through acute observation of the beauties of the natural world & with moving sympathy for man's place in it

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Melville, Ronald
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191819490
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    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Oxford scholarly editions online
    Subjects: Didactic poetry, Latin / Translations into English; Philosophy, Ancient / Poetry
    Other subjects: Lucretius Carus, Titus (v94-v55): De rerum natura
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 275 Seiten)
    Notes:

    Translated from the Latin

    Published online: July 2015

    Includes bibliographical references

  2. On the nature of the universe
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This work combines a scientific & philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Based on the atomic theory of Epicurus, Lucretius' poem explores sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology & geology through acute observation of the... more

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    This work combines a scientific & philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Based on the atomic theory of Epicurus, Lucretius' poem explores sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology & geology through acute observation of the beauties of the natural world & with moving sympathy for man's place in it.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Melville, Ronald (MitwirkendeR); Fowler, Don (MitwirkendeR); Fowler, Peta (MitwirkendeR)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191819490
    Other identifier:
    Series: Oxford world's classics
    Subjects: Didactic poetry, Latin ; Translations into English; Philosophy, Ancient ; Poetry
    Scope: 1 online resource (xxxviii, 275 p.).
    Notes:

    This ed. of this translation originally published: 1997. - Translated from the Latin. - Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record