De rerum natura

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Latin poem didactic poem epic poem philosophical poem

De rerum natura is a didactic Latin poem by Lucretius that expounds Epicurean philosophy and atomistic physics to explain the nature of the universe and dispel fear of gods and death.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
De rerum natura canonical 3
De natura rerum 2
On the Nature of Things 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin poem ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
philosophical poem ⓘ
addresses Gaius Memmius ⓘ
affirms everything consists of atoms and void ⓘ
aim to dispel fear of gods and death ⓘ
to explain the nature of the universe ⓘ
approximateDate c. 60s BCE ⓘ
author Lucretius ⓘ
bookCount 6 ⓘ
dateWritten 1st century BCE ⓘ
dedicatedTo Gaius Memmius ⓘ
denies divine providence ⓘ
immortality of the soul ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
influenced Enlightenment thought ⓘ
Giordano Bruno ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
surface form: Montaigne

Ovid ⓘ
Pierre Gassendi ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryTradition Roman literature ⓘ
mainTheme atomism ⓘ
fear of death ⓘ
fear of gods ⓘ
nature of the universe ⓘ
meter dactylic hexameter ⓘ
notableFeature combination of poetry and natural philosophy ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Epicurus ⓘ
philosophicalPosition materialism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Epicureanism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Roman Republic ⓘ
rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in the 15th century ⓘ
structure six books ⓘ
subject cosmology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
survival transmitted through medieval manuscripts ⓘ
topic atomic theory ⓘ
cosmic evolution ⓘ
ethics of pleasure ⓘ
mortality of the soul ⓘ
religion and superstition ⓘ
sensation ⓘ
soul and mind ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lucretius → notableWork → De rerum natura ⓘ
Venerable Bede → wrote → De rerum natura ⓘ
this entity surface form: De natura rerum
Epicureanism → primaryText → De rerum natura ⓘ
this entity surface form: On the Nature of Things
Poggio Bracciolini → discovered → De rerum natura ⓘ
this entity surface form: De rerum natura by Lucretius
poem "On Nature" → alsoKnownAs → De rerum natura ⓘ
subject surface form: On Nature
this entity surface form: On the Nature of Things
De temporum ratione → follows → De rerum natura ⓘ
this entity surface form: De natura rerum
the swerve of atoms (clinamen) → describedInWork → De rerum natura ⓘ
Atomism → textualSource → De rerum natura ⓘ