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De Rerum Nature - 6.3 vs. Modern Understanding of Lightning
- Kalosyni
May 22, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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LUCRETIUS AND HIS DE RERUM NATURA SIX CENTURIES AFTER (Article/Interview - David Sedley)
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A Video Lecture Series on Lucretius By Monte Johnson 2
- Cassius
June 18, 2023 at 12:27 PM
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Topical Outline of Lucretius
- Cassius
August 28, 2023 at 5:03 PM
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Leonardo and Lucretius (and De Rerum Natura in Italy) 2
- Kalosyni
July 22, 2023 at 5:36 PM
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Notable Quotations and the Reception of Lucretius 6
- Joshua
October 13, 2021 at 11:32 PM
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Lucretius' Expressions of Epicurus' Atomoi 4
- Twentier
February 4, 2023 at 6:06 PM
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Browsing in the closed stacks today... 2
- Don
June 3, 2023 at 5:18 PM
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Attempts to Identify the Translator of the Daniel Brown Edition 4
- Joshua
November 30, 2022 at 2:01 PM
- Joshua
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Romeo and Juliet--the Parallel Passages 1
- Joshua
August 24, 2022 at 5:59 PM
- Joshua
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The Light Side of the Moon: A Lucretian Acrostic by Leah Kronenberg 14
- Godfrey
March 15, 2022 at 6:42 PM
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Forth-coming Critical Text–David Butterfield
- Joshua
November 10, 2021 at 8:24 PM
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Munro Translation of Lucretius 16
- Cassius
September 4, 2021 at 8:34 PM
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Memmius and Lucretius
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July 20, 2021 at 9:13 PM
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Dicuil’s Liber de Astronomia and the Carolingian Reception of De Rerum Natura by Fabio Tutrone 1
- Godfrey
June 8, 2021 at 8:25 PM
- Godfrey
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Article on Connections between Leonardo Da Vinci and Lucretius / Epicurus
- Cassius
May 20, 2021 at 2:12 PM
- Cassius
May 20, 2021 at 2:12 PM
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Sade's Lucretian Poem - "La Vérité" (The Truth), Translated w/ Article Attached 2
- Charles
December 16, 2020 at 2:55 PM
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George Santayana's Essay on Lucretius (1910) 29
- Joshua
August 12, 2020 at 1:00 PM
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Background and Analysis: "Roman Poets of the Republic" by William Sellar (1881) 19
- Cassius
July 4, 2020 at 10:52 AM
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Butterfield's "The Early Textual History of Lucretius" 3
- Cassius
December 20, 2019 at 9:47 AM
- Cassius
February 15, 2020 at 12:58 PM
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Good Article by Grzelak Highlighting the Ethical Components of "On The Nature of Things" - It's Not Just Physics! 1
- Cassius
February 7, 2020 at 7:09 AM
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The "Daily" Lucretian 16
- Cassius
October 8, 2019 at 8:49 AM
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The End of the De Rerum Natura 3
- jnamiotka
August 8, 2018 at 11:02 AM
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Frederick the Great's Statue Honoring Lucretius
- Cassius
June 14, 2018 at 3:59 PM
- Cassius
June 14, 2018 at 3:59 PM
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Would Epicurus say: "Infinite Time contains no more pain than limited time when the limit of pain is measured by reason?" 15
- Cassius
July 20, 2024 at 10:44 PM - General Discussion
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The Normal Curve of Pleasure 5
- kochiekoch
July 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM - General Discussion
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Emily Austin conversation rebroadcast on Next Big Idea! 2
- Don
July 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM - General Discussion
- Don
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"If You Wish To Be An Epicurean, Get Used To Being Called 'Cockeyed'" - or - "Why Vatican Saying 29 Would Make A Good Epicurean Tatoo" 3
- Cassius
July 9, 2024 at 7:57 AM - General Discussion
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Does PD26 imply personal responsibility beyond oneself? 4
- Godfrey
July 11, 2024 at 3:22 PM - PD 26 - Of desires, all that do not lead to a sense of pain...
- Godfrey
July 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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