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In all works on Natural History, we constantly find details of the marvellous adaptation of animals to their food, their habits, and the localities in which they are found.
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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