Lucretius
[lu:'kri:ʃiəs]
Definition
(noun.) Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC).
Editor: Nettie--From WordNet
Examples
- Seneca was a Stoic, as Lucretius was an Epicurean, moralist. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Osborn in his _Old Stone Age_ quotes with admiration long passages from Lucretius about primitive man, so good and true are they to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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