De rerum natura

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Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:author gptkb:Lucretius
gptkbp:dateWritten 1st century BCE
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Gaius_Memmius
gptkbp:explores gptkb:cosmology
gptkb:religion
ethics
mortality
physics
psychology
soul
fear of death
nature of the universe
sensory perception
gptkbp:firstPublished 1473
gptkbp:genre didactic poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label De rerum natura
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Galileo_Galilei
gptkb:Giordano_Bruno
gptkb:Ovid
gptkb:Virgil
gptkb:Montaigne
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Epicurus
Greek philosophy
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Quadratus
Oblongus
Sangermanensis
gptkbp:numberOfBooks 6
gptkbp:structure hexameter
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Epicurean_philosophy
atomism
gptkbp:survivingWorks yes
gptkbp:theme gptkb:science
atomic theory
ethics
free will
materialism
psychology
rationalism
natural law
pleasure as the highest good
origin of the world
anti-superstition
fear of gods
mortality of the soul
nature of sensation
gptkbp:title gptkb:On_the_Nature_of_Things
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Titus_Lucretius_Carus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5