![]() Virtually nothing is known about the life of Lucretius, and there is insufficient basis for a confident assertion of the dates of Lucretius's birth or death in other sources. He uses this as a proof of the existence of atoms. 60 BC has a remarkable description of Brownian motion of dust particles in verses 113–140 from Book II. Lucretius's scientific poem On the Nature of Things c. The work virtually disappeared during the Middle Ages, but was rediscovered in 1417 in a monastery in Germany by Poggio Bracciolini and it played an important role both in the development of atomism Lucretius was an important influence on Pierre Gassendi and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era to construct a new Christian humanism. ![]() Very little is known about Lucretius's life the only certain fact is, that he was either a friend or client of Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated.ĭe rerum natura was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil in his Aeneid and Georgics, and to a lesser extent on the Eclogues and Horace. Lucretius has been credited with originating the concept of the three-age system that was formalised in 1836 by C. His only known work is the philosophical poem De rerum natura, a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which usually is translated into English as On the Nature of Things. Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. Persistence and steady action will get you through ![]()
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