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Titus Lucretius Carus, c. 99 BC - c. 55 BC. Roman philosopher and poet who expounded his Epicurean atomist cosmology in the didactic poem De Rerum Natura.

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On the Nature of Things Written 50 B.C.E by Lucretius. Verse translation by William Ellery Leonard. classics.mit.edu/Carus/nature_things.1.i.html

Latin Authors: Lucretius Article by William Harris, discussing Lucretius' poem and broader issues in the study of ancient science. community.middlebury.edu/~harris/LatinAuthors/Lucretius.html

Engines of Our Ingenuity: Lucretius Short broadcast about this philosopher by John H. Lienhard. Audio file available. www.uh.edu/engines/epi334.htm

Nature of Things (tr. W. E. Leonard) by Lucretius Annotated HTML text, cross-linked to the Encyclopedia of the Self. www.selfknowledge.com/270au.htm

What Lucretius Wrought Essay about the works and philosophy of the Roman Thinker. humanists.net/pdhutcheon/humanist%20articles/lucritus.htm

Great Books: Lucretius Essay about Lucretius' life, works and philosophical ideas. www.malaspina.com/site/person_777.asp

On the Nature of the Universe Discussion of Lucretius' book. Provides information on the historical background and the aim of the author. ablemedia.com/ctcweb/netshots/natura.htm

Project Gutenberg Presents: Of the Nature of Things Download Lucretius' Epicurean text as e-book as text- or .zip file. onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=785

Wikipedia: Lucretius Encyclopedical entry of Lucretius' life and work. en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucretius

De Rerum Natura English translation of Lucretuis' philosophical poem. www.humanistictexts.org/lucretius.htm

Letters on Literature: Lucretius Essay on Lucretius' philosophical work De Rerum Natura and its influence on religion. www.worldwideschool.org/../../../../../chap10.html

University of Adelaide: Lucretius Link collection to biographical entries and e-texts concerning Lucretius. etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/lucretius.html

Lucretius' "Globed From The Atoms". Another poem by Lucretius. www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Globed.htm

De Rerum Natura A Latin version of Lucretius' text "De Rerum Natura". www.freewebs.com/omniamundamundis/lucr.htm

Lucretius Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article by David Simpson. Extensive discussion of the life, doctrine, and context of this Roman Epicurean thinker. www.iep.utm.edu/l/lucretiu.htm