Lucretius

[ loo-kree-shuh s ]

/ luˈkri ʃəs /

noun

Titus Lucretius Carus,97?–54 b.c., Roman poet and philosopher.

OTHER WORDS FROM Lucretius

Lu·cre·tian, adjective

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Lucretius touches on the development of man out of a primitive, hardy, beast-like condition.

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Clodia was accustomed to Lucretius's coming at unexpected hours with unexpected demands upon her understanding.

Roads from Rome |Anne C. E. Allinson
The man of science who speculates thus upon the nature of things is, unknown to himself, a modern Lucretius.

The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study |Jean-Marie Guyau
The great philosophical poets, like Lucretius, try to solve the riddles.

Whitman |John Burroughs

This system is called naturalism; and of this Lucretius is the unrivalled poet.

Three Philosophical Poets |George Santayana

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Lucretius

/ (luːˈkriːʃɪəs) /

noun

full name Titus Lucretius Carus. ?96–55 bc, Roman poet and philosopher. In his didactic poem De rerum natura, he expounds Epicurus' atomist theory of the universe

Derived forms of Lucretius

Lucretian, adjective

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