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Lucretius

Posthumous or imagined likeness of Lucretius.
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On the Nature of the Universe

Lucretius

c. 55 BCE · Ancient · Poetry

On the Nature of the Universe, better known as De Rerum Natura, is a philosophical poem that tries to cure fear by explaining the world. Lucretius addresses Memmius and invokes Venus, then argues that religion has driven human beings to cruelty, as in the sacrifice of Iphigenia.

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