Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Carus ( , ; – ) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem ''De rerum natura'', a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, which usually is translated into English as ''On the Nature of Things''—and somewhat less often as ''On the Nature of the Universe''. Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certainty is that he was either a friend or client of Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated. ''De rerum natura'' was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil (in his ''Aeneid'' and ''Georgics'', and to a lesser extent on the ''Eclogues'') and Horace. The work was almost lost during the Middle Ages, but was rediscovered in 1417 in a monastery in Germany by Poggio Bracciolini and it played an important role both in the development of atomism (Lucretius was an important influence on Pierre Gassendi) and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era to construct a new Christian humanism. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1712
Published 1712
printed for George Sawbridge, at the Three Golden Flower-de-Luces in Little-Britain
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1713
Published 1713
Printed by John Matthews, for George Sawbridge, at the Three Fleurs de Lys in Little Britain
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1717
Published 1717
e typographæo Mariæ Matthews. Sumptibus T. Child; B. Tooke; H. Clements; W. Churchill; F. Gyles, & J. Browne
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1743
Published 1743
printed for Daniel Browne, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1759
Published 1759
In aedibus academicis excudebant Robertus et Andreas Foulis academiae typographi
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1713
Published 1713
ex officinâ Jacobi Tonson, & Johannis Watts. MDCCXIII. Cum privilegio
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by Lucretius Carus, Titus
Published 1714
Published 1714
Printed by J. Matthews for G. Sawbridge, at the Three Golden Flower de Luces in Little Britain; and sold by J. Churchill and W. Taylor in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Wyat, and R. Knaplock in St. Paul's Church Yard; R. Parker, G. Strahan, and J. Phillips near the Royal Exchange; B. Tooke and R. Goslin in Fleetstreet; J. Brown without Temple Bar; J. Tonson in the Strand; W. Lewis in Covent-Garden; J. Harding in St. Martin's Lane; and J. Graves, next door to White's Chocolate House, St. James's
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