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By Titus Lucretius Carus - On the Nature of Things, Translated by Martin Ferguson Smith
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February 25, 2025
Firstly I did not find this translation at all enlightening.
This makes any assessment of Lucretius' work difficult. I first read it many years ago and that time was left bemused as to whether it was a work of literature or a work of philosophy. I veered more to the latter and still find myself there. It frequently seems like flashes of poetry leading into plodding science cum philosophy.
This makes any assessment of Lucretius' work difficult. I first read it many years ago and that time was left bemused as to whether it was a work of literature or a work of philosophy. I veered more to the latter and still find myself there. It frequently seems like flashes of poetry leading into plodding science cum philosophy.
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