Lucretius

  • On the Nature of the Universe

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    This is a new verse translation of Lucretius’s only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters. Melville’s particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor is especially hel… [more below]

  • The Nature of Things

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    The acclaimed translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve

    “A plague . . . tests us in unique ways. . . . Only if you can face the invisible bullets all around us, a

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    • Series: Penguin Classics
    • Author: Lucretius
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: January 01 2008
    • ISBN10: 0140447962
    • Language: English
  • The Nature of Things

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    One of a major new Classics series – books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound hardbacks.

    Lucretius’ poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical

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    • Series: Penguin Classics Hardcover
    • Author: Lucretius
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: April 28 2015
    • ISBN10: 0141396903
    • Language: English
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