On the Nature of Things

Book info: On the Nature of Things (Kindle, 224 pages) – Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 2001. Language: English.

Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura--long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography.