![]() ![]() To the Greek philosopher Epicurus, the unhappiness and degradation of humans arose largely from the dread which they had of the power of the deities and terror of their wrath. The universe described in the poem operates according to these physical principles, guided by fortuna ("chance"), and not the divine intervention of the traditional Roman deities.ĭe rerum natura code: lat promoted to code: la was written by the Roman poet Lucretius. ![]() ![]() Namely, Lucretius explores the principles of atomism the nature of the mind and soul explanations of sensation and thought the development of the world and its phenomena and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena. The poem, written in some 7,400 dactylic hexameters, is divided into six untitled books, and explores Epicurean physics through poetic language and metaphors. 55 BC) with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. Opening of Pope Sixtus IV's 1483 manuscript of De rerum natura code: lat promoted to code: la, scribed by Girolamo di Matteo de TaurisĮpicureanism, ethics, physics, natural philosophyĭe rerum natura code: lat promoted to code: la ( Latin: On the Nature of Things) is a first-century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius ( c. ![]()
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