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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Lucretius
Born: 99 BC
Died: 55 BC (aged 44)
Bio: Titus Lucretius Carus was 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.
Known for:
- De rerum natura (56 BC)
- The Way Things are
- Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III
- La natura delle cose =
- Von der Natur der Dinge
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