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Lucretius: On the nature of things

Author

Lucretius sets out Epicurean physics in verse: atoms, void, the formation of worlds and the mortality of the soul. The poem seeks to free humanity from superstition and the fear of death.

• Philosophy

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Lucretius: The Birth of Things

Author

This edition gives us to read the movement by which Lucrece explains the appearance of beings and worlds from atoms and emptiness. Poetry becomes an instrument of knowledge and deliverance.

• Philosophy

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Lucretius: Mind and Soul Are Closely United

Author

In this excerpt from On the Nature of Things, Lucretius defends a material conception of mind and soul. Their union with the body dispels the fear that the individual self survives death.

• Philosophy