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The way things are : the De rerum natura of Titus Lucretius Carus / translated by Rolfe Humphries ; introduction by Burton Feldman ; notes by George K. Strodach.

The nature of things, a didascalic poem / translated from the Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus: accompanied with commentaries, comparative, illustrative, and scientific; and the life of Epicurus ... By Thomas Busby.

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Lucretius Carus, Titus. De rerum natura. English

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The way things are : the De rerum natura of Titus Lucretius Carus / translated by Rolfe Humphries ; introduction by Burton Feldman ; notes by George K. Strodach.

The nature of things, a didascalic poem / translated from the Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus: accompanied with commentaries, comparative, illustrative, and scientific; and the life of Epicurus ... By Thomas Busby.