{"product_id":"the-nature-of-things-paperback","title":"The Nature of Things - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLucretius\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eA. E. Stallings\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRichard Jenkyns\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt's \u003ci\u003eThe Swerve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A plague . . . tests us in unique ways. . . . Only if you can face the invisible bullets all around us, and still keep calm, remain rational, and somehow find it possible to take pleasure in life, have you learned the lesson that  \u003ci\u003eThe Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e] set out to teach.\" --Stephen Greenblatt, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucretius' poem \u003ci\u003eOn the Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in death there is nothing to fear since the soul is mortal, and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of nature and not by gods; and that by believing this men can live in peace of mind and happiness. He bases this on the atomic theory expounded by the Greek philosopher Epicurus, and continues with an examination of sensation, sex, cosmology, meteorology, and geology, all of these subjects made more attractive by the poetry with which he illustrates them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitus Lucretius Carus\u003c\/b\u003e (who died c. 50 BC) was an Epicurean poet writing in the middle years of the first century BC. His six-book Latin hexameter poem \u003ci\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/i\u003e survives virtually intact, although it is disputed whether he lived to put the finishing touches to it. As well as being a pioneering figure in the history of philosophical poetry, Lucretius has come to be our primary source of information on Epicurean physics, the official topic of his poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA. E. Stallings \u003c\/b\u003e(translator) was born in 1968. She grew up in Decatur, GA, and was educated at the University of Georgia and Oxford University in classics. Her poetry has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (1994 and 2000) and has received numerous awards, including a Pushcart Prize (Pushcart Prize Anthology XXII), the 1997 Eunice Tietjens Prize from Poetry, and the third annual James Dickey Prize from Five Points. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Jenkyns\u003c\/b\u003e (introducer) is a professor of classics at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and the author of a number of books, including \u003ci\u003eDignity and Decadence: Some Classical Aspects of Victorian Art and Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Victorians and Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753863479584,"sku":"9780140447965","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6c4b3ca6f3bae0c467a0c23706eb10ac.webp?v=1780028521","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-nature-of-things-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}