A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers
designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith
World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the
extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in
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The Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise
with some of the greatest poetry ever written. Lucretius demonstrates to
humanity that in death there is nothing to fear, as the soul is mortal
and the world and everything in it is governed by the mechanical laws of
nature rather than by gods. By believing this, men can live with peace
of mind and happiness. His far-ranging lyrical exploration of the
universe continues with an examination of sensation, sex, cosmology,
meteorology, and geology, all of these subjects made more attractive by
the poetry with which he illustrates them. Translated by award-winning
American classicist and poet A. E. Stallings, this volume also
features an introduction by the esteemed Oxford classics scholar Richard
Jenkyns.
For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher
of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than
1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best
works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers
trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by
introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary
authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning
translators.
