About this title: Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99-ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, "De Rerum Natura" ("On the Nature of Things"). In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds the scientific theories of the Greek ...
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail. Older book in Very Good condition; free of marks, names, or creases. Still tight and square. 191 pages read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Doubleday Dolphin Book, New York
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. For its age, remarkably good condition. Tight & clean. Some age tanning. Slight stains/tanning on white parts of cover. Edgewear/chips minimal. Trade pb. Includes bibliographical references. read more
Description: Good. Hardcover, Walter J. Black, 1946, only printing mentioned, cover is clean with some wear to spine and corners, names and writing on front endpapers, 370 pages of text are very clean and spine is tight, ships within 24 hr. sku M 300. read more
Description: New. A Brand New Copy. Never Read. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walter J. Black, Inc.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No Dj. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 1946 Hard Cover, Walter J. Black, Inc. Publisher. 370 pgs. No DJ. Pubished for the Classics Club. No reader marks, clean pgs, binding Tight. Light Tanning. Corners very lightly bumped. Some foxing to page edges and last two pages. read more
"I found this extremely fascinating. Obviously, a good deal of the science is incorrect, but it was amazing to see how much people in antiquity knew. Their notions of atoms, physics, and evolution were particularly impressive. Also, the philosophy presented in this book was quite profound."
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