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Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem De rerum natura, a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, which usually is translated into English as On the Nature of Things—and somewhat less often as On the Nature of the Universe. Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certainty is that he was either a f…
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culture · 1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher · poet · philosopher · writer · also Lucretius, T. Lucretius Carus, Titus Lucretius Carus, Titus Carus Lucretius
Born 94 BC · Died 55 BC · Q47154
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JSTOR Daily: Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion
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2022· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Lucretius III: A History of Motion
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2020· 1 entry
The New Yorker: Invisible Bullets: What Lucretius Taught Us About Pandemics
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2017· 1 entry
JSTOR Daily: Lucretius on Death and Anxiety: Poetry and Philosophy in DE RERUM NATURA
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2013· 3 entries
The Guardian: Lucretius, part 9: the calculating poet
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The Guardian: Lucretius, part 4: things fall apart
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The Guardian: Lucretius, part 1: a poem to explain the entire world around us
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2012· 1 entry
Forbes: Lucretius's Legacy Depended On The Toughness Of Vellum. What Will Save Ours?
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2011· 3 entries
The Daily Beast: Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve: Lucretius and the Book Hunters
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NPR: Lucretius, Man Of Modern Mystery
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Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT Publishes Essays on Roman Poet and Philosopher Lucretius
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2010· 1 entry
NPR: Stevie Wonder, Lucretius, And Fear Of The Unknown
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2006· 1 entry
The New Criterion: Lucretius on optical illusions
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