Lucretius
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Epicurus and Lucretius saw the fear of death as our most debilitating fear, and they argued that we must overcome this fear if we were going to live happy lives.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Set down the creation of the universe as related in Genesis and then add the pagan version outlined by Lucretius and both suddenly invite debate and discussion.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2020
So there he is, among this philosophical elite, who share the rediscovered wisdom of such ancient authors as Plato and Lucretius, recently rediscovered in Florence.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2020
The event’s closest analog was an ambitious book club, the kind that convenes every month to muddle through Lucretius or Joyce.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2014
Bacon writes of ‘the law of nature and the mutual contracts of things’: he is paraphrasing Lucretius.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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