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 | Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Book 3 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) (Updated Edition) by E. J. Kenney (Editor), Titus Lucretius Carus, E. J. (Editor) Lucretius, Ed Lucretius/ Kenney, Edwin J. Kenney, P. E. Easterling, R. Lanny Hunter Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1977 ISBN-10: 0-521-29177-1 / 0521291771 ISBN-13: 978-0-521-29177-4 / 9780521291774 The De Rerum Natura of Lucretius is a sustained and impassioned protest against religious superstition and irrationality. The poem takes the form of a detailed exposition of Epicurean physical theory - an extreme materialism designed to remove and discredit popular fears of the gods, death and an af | |