![]() ![]() ![]() Not fearing death is easier said than done. The fear of death is irrational, according to Lucretius, because once people die they will not be sad, judged by gods or pity their family they will not be anything at all. How does Lucretius view death?įocus on staying healthy. What is the significance and the beauty of De Rerum Natura?ĭe Rerum Natura gives us that basic of physics, and a lot more besides: refutations of rival theories, explanations of mirrors and magnets, reasons not to fear death, some strong words about the folly of love, a mini-survey of human history and a range of causes for celestial and meteorological phenomena. Totalling seventy-four hundred lines, it is written in hexameters, the standard unrhymed six-beat lines in which Latin poets like Virgil and Ovid, imitating Homer’s Greek, cast their epic poetry. Seventy-four hundred lines LUCRETI CARI DE RERUM NATURA.” “On the Nature of Things,” by Titus Lucretius Carus, is not an easy read. ![]()
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