The ancient poet philosopher, Lucretius, left a masterwork influencing the like's of Virgil and Pierre Gassendi that mysteriously disappeared for centuries... until it was rediscovered by a monk. This is Lucretius's famous philosophical poem where, through first principle reasoning, Lucretius derives that the source of all must be a small indivisible object, atoms, as well as concluding their behaviors, and the nature of man and civilization. Lucretius discovers all this through poetic verse, in a traditional example of Roman poetry. Not only is this book a prime exercise in thought, not only is it beautifully poetic, but it is also very insightful into the cultures of the ancient Greeks and Romans as Lucretius makes numerous references to Greek & Roman tales and religion.
This is an annotated & illustrated rewriting of Lucretius's magnum opus, On the Nature of Things (De Rerum Naturar), in modern English.
