Roman Epics I: De Rerum Natura Book 1, or Lucretius Isn’t Wrong

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inRoman Epics, The Romans

Welcome to Roman Epics! We start with Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura, or On the Nature of Things.

Discussion Prompts
  1. If you were to write an epic based on philosophy, what philosophy would you write about?
  2. How do you think Lucretius (and Epicurus) managed to philosophize physics as well as they did?
  3. What does this book teach about religion?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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