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01700aam a2200349 a 4500 001 0304F37828FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140821010440 008 110509s2011 nyu b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2011017650 020 $a 0393341364 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780393341362 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)706023500 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d VP@ $d YDXCP $d BWX $d DEBBG $d BDX $d ORX $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h lat 050 00 $a PA6483.E5 $b C6 2011 082 00 $a 187 $2 22 100 1 $a Lucretius Carus, Titus. 240 10 $a De rerum natura. $l English 245 10 $a On the nature of things / $c Lucretius ; translated by Frank O. Copley. 246 3 $a Nature of things 260 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton & Co., $c [2011] 300 $a xxi, 177 p. ; $c 21 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "This great poem stands with Virgil's Aeneid as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature.... Based on the tenets of Epicurean philosophy, On the Nature of Things asserts that matter is composed of an infinite number of small particles; that even the soul, like the body, is made up of these atoms and dissolves painlessly after death; that there is no afterlife and therefore no cause for fear; and that the universe operates without the aid or attention of gods."--P. [4] of cover. 650 0 $a Didactic poetry, Latin $v Translations into English. 650 0 $a Philosophy, Ancient $v Poetry. 700 1 $a Copley, Frank Olin. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204051657.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110033748.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0304F37828FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search