On the Nature of Things
Lucretius explained Epicurean physics — atoms, void, the mortality of the soul — in a poem of astonishing beauty and intellectual courage.
“Nothing can be created out of nothing.”
Why It Matters
Lucretius explained Epicurean physics — atoms, void, the mortality of the soul — in a poem of astonishing beauty and intellectual courage. It was lost for a thousand years, and its rediscovery in 1417 helped spark the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution. The book's argument that the universe runs on natural laws, not divine intervention, was centuries ahead of its time.
The 
Take
Personal reviewAwesome logic describing the science of the time even if it wasn’t perfect and there’s lots of incorrect info. They knew a lot and had great theories for 50 BC
Notable Quotes
“Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.”
“It is sweet, when the winds trouble the waters of a great sea, to watch from land the struggles of another.”