Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
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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