On the Nature of the Universe Lucretius Emma
On the Nature of the Universe Lucretius Emma Lucretius' On the Nature of the Universe Bk 1 was written around 55BCE, towards the end of the Roman Republic. The translation of Book 1 of his magnum…
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On the Nature of the Universe Lucretius Emma
Lucretius' On the Nature of the Universe Bk 1 was written around 55BCE, towards the end of the Roman Republic. The translation of Book 1 of his magnum opus is equally modern - Emma Gee plays with the Latin, retaining its linguistic and sonic effects whilst drastically re-orientating the poem towards modernity. Lucretius was unusual, though not alone, in his startlingly modern world view which encompassed Epicurean philosophy, a knowledge of physics and a belief that religion was intrinsically evil and an instrument of social control.
Translated with the first-time reader in mind, this version of Lucretius will captivate and astound those with no experience of Latin or of poetry, and bring Lucretius and his ideas to
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