Lucretius
Lucretius
Titus Lucretius Caruswas a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem De rerum natura about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which is usually translated into English as On the Nature of Things...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionPoet
air other-worlds our-world
Out beyond our world there are, elsewhere, other assemblages of matter making other worlds. Ours is not the only one in air's embrace.
tears quiet left-behind
Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
evil
How many evils have flowed from religion.
god religious accepting
Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
newborn wailing infant
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
adversity men doubt
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
nature extinction
There is no place in nature for extinction.
strong mind jam
When the body is assailed by the strong force of time and the limbs weaken from exhausted force, genius breaks down, and mind and speech fail. [Lat., Ubi jam valideis quassatum est viribus aevi Corpus, et obtuseis ceciderunt viribus artus, Claudicat ingenium delirat linguaque mensque.]
eternity eternal universe
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]
eye men dust
Human life lay foul before men's eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion's weight.
brother hate atheism
Rest, brother, rest. Have you done ill or well Rest, rest, There is no God, no gods who dwell Crowned with avenging righteousness on high Nor frowning ministers of their hate in hell.
medicine sick mind
The mind like a sick body can be healed and changed by medicine.
odds atheism may
Since you must admit that there is nothing outside the universe, it can have no limit and is accordingly without end or measure. It makes no odds in which part of it you may take your stand; whatever spot anyone may occupy, the universe stretches away from him just the same in all directions without limit.
atheism world
There is so much wrong with the world. (tanta stat praedita culpa)