De Rerum Natura

Name: De Rerum Natura
Author: Lucretius

On the Nature of Things: Epicurean physics and peace of mind in Latin verse, in English translation from the Perseus Digital Library. Translated by William Ellery Leonard.

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Philosophy

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Advanced

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6 chapters

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fully mapped

Figures— 10 of 53

Memmius · Epicurus · Ceres · Bacchus · Democritus · Apollo · Athena · Cerberus · Homer · Jupiter

Ideas— 10 of 37

fear of death · the void · Mind and soul · religio · Arts of civilization · Atoms · Building plumb-line analogy · Centaurs · Death · Doctrine that all things press to the centre

Places— 10 of 31

Acheron · Athens · Helicon · Sicily · Acragas · Acropolis · Aegium · Aetna · Aradus fountain · Aulis

Groups— 10 of 29

The gods · Greek poets · Greeks · Aegyptians · Aethiopians · Antipodal beings · Athenians · Black generations of strong men with sun-baked skins · Carthaginian host · Commanders

Events— 10

Cosmogony · Curetes' Field of Mars spectacle · Dreaming while asleep · Dreams reflecting waking pursuits · Drifting clouds and stars illusion · Echo phenomena · Epileptic seizure · Horse in the stream illusion · Latin translation of Epicurean philosophy · The Athenian Plague

Objects— 10 of 21

stars / constellations · the moon · the sun · Acorn · Alidensian and Cean cloaks · Babylonian coverlets/tapestries · Beds of grass and leaves · Bent oar illusion · Berecynthian pipe · Brass

Animals— 10 of 34

Chimaera · Horses · Lions · Swans · Bees · Birds · Calves · Centaurs · Cranes · Cretan Bull

32 citations · 146 themes · 416 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.

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