De rerum natura (The Way Things Are) is a 1st century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a…

A collection of writings by two influential philosophers of science, Lucretius and Nicholas Copernicus. Their works on the nature of reality and the scientific method continue to shape our understanding…

Combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry.

On The Nature of Things (De Rerum Natura) stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

Originally published in 1937, this book contains an English translation of Lucretius’ De rerum natura by R. C. Trevelyan. The text is accompanied by critical notes and footnotes explaining certain…

In the absence of tape recordings from antiquity, we have a limited knowledge of how classical Latin prose or verse sounded as it was rendered orally. Yet we do know…

.. . [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius’ didacticism, his passionate conviction and proselytizing fervour.‘ –The Classical Review