{"product_id":"on-the-nature-of-things-9780393341362","title":"On the Nature of Things","description":"This great poem stands with Virgil's \u003cem\u003eAeneid\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the vital and enduring achievements of Latin literature. Lost for more than a thousand years, its return to circulation in 1417 reintroduced dangerous ideas about the nature and meaning of existence and helped shape the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucretius:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Titus Lucretius Carus--\u003cb\u003eLucretius\u003c\/b\u003e--was a Roman poet and philosopher (ca. 99 BC - ca. 55 BC). His only known work is an epic philosophical poem laying out the beliefs of Epicureanism, \u003ci\u003eDe rerum natura\u003c\/i\u003e, translated into English as \u003ci\u003eOn the Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopley, Frank O.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eFrank O. Copley\u003c\/b\u003e was a preeminent translator of Latin. His publications include \u003ci\u003eCatallus: The Complete Poetry; Plautus: Menaechmi, Mostellaria, Rudens\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eVergil: The Aeneid\u003c\/i\u003e and Lucretius's \u003ci\u003eOn the Nature of Things\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491716763922,"sku":"9780393341362","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2a74251-9911-4bd9-90f3-82fac1d97e8e.jpg?v=1730551741","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-nature-of-things-9780393341362","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}