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On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things

Arts:Books

09 - Book 3, pt 3 - Death is the end of man, and nothing should be feared after it. All suffering happens only during life. All men die, good or bad, ...

09 - Book 3, pt 3 - Death is the end of man, and nothing should be feared after it. All suffering happens only during life. All men die, good or bad, ...

2019-10-14
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00 - Preface and Remarks on the life and poem of Lucretius
2019-10-23
01 - Book I, pt 1 - Invocation and Dedication of the poem. Praise of Epicurus. The theory of the atom.
2019-10-22
02 - Book I, pt 2 - Time doesn't have a real existence. Atoms are solid and indivisible. Attack on the theory of Empedocles.
2019-10-21
03 - Book 1, pt 3 - Attack on the theory of Anaxagoras. The universe is boundless, limitless and has no center. Praise of philosophy.
2019-10-20
04 - Book 2, pt 1 - Praise of philosophy. Properties of the atoms: weight, combination, swiftness.
2019-10-19
05 - Book 2, pt 2 - Attack on those who refuse the theories of Epicurus. Properties of the atoms: atoms are constantly in motion, and tend to move dow...
2019-10-18
06 - Book 2, pt 3 - Compound bodies contain atoms of different figures. The infinite number of atoms moving through infinite space creates an infinite...
2019-10-17
07 - Book 3, pt 1 - Eulogy of Epicurus. Denial of divine power over the world. The fear of gods and the fear of death torment men and lead them into c...
2019-10-16
08 - Book 3, pt 2 - The substance of the mind and the soul. The soul and the body can't be separated without destruction of both. Twenty arguments whi...
2019-10-15
10 - Book 4, pt 1 - Theory of image. Vision is produced by the impact of images on the eye. Senses may be trusted; false opinions arise from false rea...
2019-10-13
11 - Book 4, pt 2 - Other senses: sound, taste and odor. Imagination and thought are produced by means of images. The nature of dreams. The use of the...
2019-10-12
12 - Book 4, pt 3 - Motion in animals and motion in images. Sleep and causes of dreams. Love and desire and their influence.
2019-10-11
13 - Book 5, pt 1 - Praise of Epicurus. The world is not eternal. Heavenly bodies. The world had a beginning and will have an end.
2019-10-10
14 - Book 5, pt 2 - Cosmogony according to Epicurus. Causes of the motions of heaven. The magnitude of heavenly bodies and causes of their phenomena: ...
2019-10-09
15 - Book 5, pt 3 - The rudeness of the early life of men. The invention of speech.The discovery of fire, the progress of society. The rise of religio...
2019-10-08
16 - Book 6, pt 1 - Panegyric on Athens. Meteoric appearances in the heaven. Causes of shooting stars, lightning, thunderbolts. Ridicule of those who ...
2019-10-07
17 - Book 6, pt. 2 - Origin of water-spouts, clouds, rain, rainbow, earthquakes and other phenomena. About the seas and volcanoes. About rivers and la...
2019-10-06
18 - Book 6, pt. 3 - About the temperature of waters. About magnets and why metals are attracted to them. About the origin and cause of diseases. Desc...
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