De Rerum Natura - Books 1-6

Informationen zum Autor William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950) was Headmaster of the Perse School and a founding editor of the Loeb Classical Library. Martin Ferguson Smith is Emeritus Professor of Classics, Durham University, UK. Klappentext Lucretius's great poetical account of Epicurean philosophy aims at promoting spiritual tranquility, in part by dispelling fear of death. Revising Rouse's translation in 1975, Smith added full explanatory notes and a substantial Introduction. Zusammenfassung Lucretius lived ca. 99–ca. 55 BC, but the details of his career are unknown. In his didactic poem De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things) he expounds Epicurean philosophy so as to dispel fear of the gods and death, and promote spiritual tranquility.

Product details

• Authors: Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus
• Assisted by: W. H. D. Rouse (Translation), Rouse W. H. D. (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1975
• EAN: 9780674992009
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99200-9
• No. of pages: 668
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 170 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Loeb Classical Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Literary essays