Treasures of Lucretius, Selected Passages from the 'De Rerum Natura'

Treasures of Lucretius

Treasures of Lucretius - Translated by Henry S. Salt
Author
Lucretius
Translator
Henry S. Salt
Publisher
Watts & Co., London
Published
1912
Pages
64
Format
Hardback

Content

  • Preface
  • To Memmius
  • Invocation of Venus
  • The Curse of Superstition
  • The Solace of Philosophy
  • An Illusion of Distance
  • A Cow Mourning for her Calf
  • The War of the Atoms
  • The Boundlessness of the Universe
  • The World's Decay
  • Epicurus and the Fear of Death
  • The Eternal Rest
  • Spectres of the Dead
  • Fantasies of Colour
  • Cloud-Forms
  • Echo
  • The Pangs of Love
  • In Praise of Epicurus
  • Nature and the Gods
  • The Procession of the Seasons
  • Mother Earth
  • The Humanising of Mankind
  • The Worship of the Gods