Lucretius On the Nature of Things

Cambridge: Harvard University Press (1975)
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This is the only known work by the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus. It expounds the tenets of Epicureanism, a philosophy which believe "pleasure" was best obtained by living modestly, seeking and gaining knowledge about the world, and limiting one's desires.

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