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What can a 2000-year-old poem teach us? It can teach us that death is not scary, that there are infinite worlds and that the universe is infinite! Let's see in a short summary how Lucretius tried to convince the Romans of the goodness of Epicureanism through De Rerum Natura, defending the principles of secularism and materialism. RECOMMENDED READINGS: C. Rovelli - Seven Brief Lessons on Physics: https://amzn.to/49xg03G I. Dionigi, Lucretius - Words and Things: https://amzn.to/49BIdpY P. Odifreddi - My Lucretius, My Venus: https://amzn.to/3UB5Ive De Rerum Natura (trans. Luca Canali): https://amzn.to/3wataVS VIDEO CHAPTERS: 00:20 The Mysterious Life of Lucretius 01:34 The Poem of Epicureanism 03:05 The Structure of the Work 03:49 The Books of De Rerum Natura 07:38 Hymn to Venus 08:48 In Praise of Epicurus 09:42 The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 10:25 The Fear of Death 11:37 Love or Sex? 12:39 The language of Lucretius #literature #latin #lucretius