#lucretius

[a-god-in-ruins-rises]

[lionofchaeronea]

This is probably blasphemous of me to say, since I'm a Hellenist and not a Latinist, but I sometimes think that Lucretius' De Rerum Natura is the greatest poetic achievement of the ancient Mediterranean world. Every time I read it, I'm blown away by its beauty, intellectual rigor, and tremendous proselytizing zeal. It's like an earthquake in the brain.

[philosophybits]

The sum of things is ever being renewed, and mortals live dependent one upon another. Some nations increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and like runners pass on the torch of life.

Lucretius, On the Nature of Things

[jareckiworld]

Michael Kunze — Clinamen (oil on canvas, 2023)

[murkmirth-halo]

Dergtober: Sculpted and Petrified

Lucretius what are you doing to that statue. You're not violating any ancient magical laws by creating life are you. Lucretius. Lucretius talk to me.

[macrolit]

The Nature of the Universe Lucretius This is 1 of 13 vintage paperback classics that comprise our current giveaw@y.

[yorgunherakles]

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lucretius

[pompeiusliker]

my sea shanty lucretius or whateverrrr *smiles*