Project Gutenberg 2020-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 183 Lucrecio Caro, Tito Rodríguez-Navas, Manuel 1848 1922 Rodriguez-Navas, Manuel Rodríguez-Navas y Carrasco, Manuel Naturaleza de las cosas: Versión en prosa del poema «De rerum natura» Produced by Ramón Pajares Box and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by Biblioteca Digital Hispánica/Biblioteca Nacional de España.) "Naturaleza de las cosas: Versión en prosa del poema «De rerum natura»" by Manuel Rodríguez-Navas is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a prose version of the ancient Roman poet Lucretius's epic poem, which endeavors to explore the nature of the universe, the essence of the material world, and the principles of Epicurean philosophy. The text delves into topics such as the atomic theory, the rejection of superstition, and the pursuit of knowledge, aiming to dispel fears associated with life and death. The opening of the text introduces the reader to Lucretius’s fundamental ideas, highlighting the beauty and complexity of the natural world. It discusses the influence of Venus, the goddess embodying love and fertility, who symbolizes the life force in nature. Lucretius appeals to his friend Memmius, expressing the importance of seeking the truth about existence and encouraging an inquiry into the universe's fundamental elements. The beginning establishes a philosophical groundwork for the exploration of nature's laws and aims to combat societal superstition and ignorance through reasoned understanding. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 26.7 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. es Philosophy, Ancient Didactic poetry, Latin -- Adaptations PA Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 537668 2025-06-25T04:37:07.083888 text/html 517232 2024-10-18T04:37:33 text/html 259544 2025-06-25T04:37:13.767902 application/epub+zip 261446 2025-06-25T04:37:08.410905 application/epub+zip 261447 2025-06-25T04:37:07.756912 application/epub+zip 395163 2025-06-25T04:37:18.066865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359901 2025-06-25T04:37:13.117885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359324 2022-09-28T09:28:44.610166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477907 2025-06-25T04:37:06.327925 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 457701 2024-10-18T04:37:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17126 2025-06-25T04:37:18.206838 application/rdf+xml 10375 2025-06-25T04:37:07.850900 image/jpeg 2678 2025-06-25T04:37:07.803885 image/jpeg 228573 2025-06-25T04:37:07.130942 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia es.wikipedia