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Lucretius - Wikipedia
Lucretius was an early thinker in what grew to become the study of evolution. He believed that nature experiments endlessly across the aeons, and the organisms that adapt best to their environment have the best chance of surviving.
Lucretius | Roman Epicurean Poet & Philosopher | Britannica
Lucretius was a Latin poet and philosopher known for his single, long poem, De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things). The poem is the fullest extant statement of the physical theory of the Greek philosopher Epicurus.
Lucretius - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Lucretius’ early modern reception is now a flourishing scholarly enterprise and most recent collections of essays on Lucretius have a substantial section devoted to this aspect (for a start, see Gillespie and Hardie 2007 and Mitsis 2020).
De rerum natura - Wikipedia
Lucretius identifies the supernatural with the notion that the deities created our world or interfere with its operations in some way.
Why Death is Nothing to Fear: Lucretius and Epicureanism
In his epic poem De Rerum Natura (On The Nature of Things), Roman philosopher Lucretius outlines why, even though there may be no overarching design to life, we have nothing to fear in death.
The Internet Classics Archive | On the Nature of Things by Lucretius
By Lucretius Written 50 B.C.E Translated by William Ellery Leonard. On the Nature of Things has been divided into the following sections: Book I [94k] Book II [106k] Book III [95k] Book IV [117k] Book V [139k] Book VI [122k] Download: A 415k text-only version is available for download.
Lucretius - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) was a Roman poet and the author of the philosophical epic De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of the Universe), a comprehensive exposition of the Epicurean world-view. Very little is known of the poet’s life, though a sense of his character and personality emerges vividly from his poem.
Lucretius | The Poetry Foundation
Lucretius's De Rerum Natura is the only surviving full-length exposition of Epicurean philosophy. In all likelihood Lucretius conveyed his master's teachings with faithful orthodoxy; the major propositions included in the poem all have extant parallels in other Epicurean sources.
Lucretius - New World Encyclopedia
Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 B.C.E. - 55 B.C.E.) was a Roman poet and Epicurean philosopher. During the first century B.C.E. he wrote De Rerum Natura (“On the Nature of Things”), a masterpiece of Latin verse which sets out in careful detail the Epicurean worldview.
Lucretius summary | Britannica
Lucretius , in full Titus Lucretius Carus, (flourished 1st century bc), Latin poet and philosopher. He is known for his long poem On the Nature of Things, the fullest extant statement of the physical theory of Epicurus.
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