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Lucretius

Also known as Titus Lucretius Carus, Titus Carus Lucretius, T. Lucretius Carus

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Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher best known for his philosophical poem *De rerum natura* (On the Nature of Things), which explained the ideas of Epicureanism in verse form. His work had significant influence on later Roman poets, particularly during the Augustan period, though very little else about his life is known with certainty.

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Born: 99 BC
Died: 55 BC
Works: 356

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Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 BC- ca. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem on Epicureanism De rerum natura, translated into English as On the Nature of Things or "On the Nature of the Universe". ery little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certain fact is that he was either a friend or a client of Gaius Memmius, to whom he dedicated De Rerum Natura. Another piece of information is found in a letter Cicero wrote to his brother Quintus in February 54 BC. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Lucretius">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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5 total works indexed

On the Nature of Things
· 1995 · cited 23x
De rerum natura
· 2019 · cited 22x
De Rerum Natura
· 1924 · cited 21x
Von der Natur der Dinge
· 1821 · cited 11x
T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex
· 1850 · cited 11x

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Quotes

“Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit et extraprocessit longe flammantia moenia mundiatque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque.”
“Quare religio pedibus subiecta vicissimopteritur, nos exaequat victoria caelo.”
“Saepius illareligio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta.”
“Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum.”
“Nullam rem e nihilo gigni divinitus umquam.”
“Nil posse creari de nihilo.”

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Philosopher.era: Hellenistic philosophy
Philosopher.name: Titus Lucretius Carus
Philosopher.image: Lucretius pointing to the casus.jpg
Philosopher.caption: Lucretius pointing to the casus, the downward movement of the atoms. From the frontispiece to Of the Nature of Things, 1682
Philosopher.birth_date: 99 BC
Philosopher.death_date: October 15, 55 BC (aged around 44)
Philosopher.school_tradition: EpicureanismAtomismMaterialism
Philosopher.main_interests: Ethics, metaphysics, natural philosophy, atomic theory

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Commons category: Lucretius
date of birth: 0094-00-00
date of death: 0055-10-15
name in native language: T.Lucretius Carus
Commons Creator page: Titus Lucretius Carus
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P12749: Helene Demuth

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Titus Lucretius Carus ( ; ;  – October 15, 55 BC) 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. 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.

== Life ==