T. Lucreti Cari De rerum natura libri sex

ablative alliteration anima animi apparently atoms atque body cause Cicero clause closely color comes Construe corpore corpus death doctrine earth elements emphasizes enim Ennius Epicurean Epicurus esse etiam exist explanation expression fact force form see note genus give Greek haec idea idiom see note igitur inter ipsa lines living Lucretius magis meaning see note metaphor metrical mind motus multa natura neque nihil nobis object omne omnia omnis origin passage perhaps phrase position posse present probably quae quam quantity quia quid quod quoniam quoque ratione reading rebus refers regarded rerum result saepe says seems sensation sense sensus simulacra soul spelling suggests sunt tamen tempore terra theory things thought uidetur Understand understood verb verse word