Chapter 26 No.26

The Philosophy of Lucretius.

The peculiarity of the poem of Lucretius, that which makes it unique in literature, is the fact that it is a long sustained argument in verse. The prosaic title of the poem, 'De rerum natura,'-a translation of the Greek περ? φ?σεω?,-indicates that the method of exposition was adopted, not primarily with the view of a