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1. Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carusnoun

   Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)

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1. Lucretiusnoun

   of mostly historical use in English.

2. Lucretiusnoun

   Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet and philosopher.

3. Etymology: From Lucretius, name of a patrician and plebeian Roman gens, possibly from lucrum.

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1. Lucretius

   Titus Lucretius Carus ( TY-təs loo-KREE-shəs, Latin: [ˈtɪ.tʊz lʊˈkreː.tɪ.ʊs ˈkaː.rʊs]; c. 99 – c. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem De rerum natura, a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, and which usually is translated into English as On the Nature of Things—and somewhat less often as On the Nature of the Universe. Lucretius has been credited with originating the concept of the three-age system that was formalised in 1836 by C. J. Thomsen. Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certainty is that he was either a friend or client of Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated.De rerum natura was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil (in his Aeneid and Georgics, and to a lesser extent on the Eclogues) and Horace. The work was almost lost during the Middle Ages, but was rediscovered in 1417 in a monastery in Germany by Poggio Bracciolini and it played an important role both in the development of atomism (Lucretius was an important influence on Pierre Gassendi) and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era to construct a new Christian humanism. Lucretius's scientific poem On the Nature of Things (c. 60 BC) has a remarkable description of Brownian motion of dust particles in verses 113–140 from Book II. He uses this as a proof of the existence of atoms.

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1. lucretius

   Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher who lived in the first century BC. He is best remembered for his epic philosophical poem, "De Rerum Natura" ("On the Nature of Things"), which provides one of the most detailed accounts of the philosophy of Epicureanism, a school of thought that promoted the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain as the highest good. Lucretius' work also presents theories on atomism, the nature of the universe, human perception, and other philosophical and scientific topics. His ideas had a significant influence on later thinkers, including those of the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods.

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1. Lucretius

   Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem De rerum natura about the beliefs of Epicureanism, and which is translated into English as On the Nature of Things or "On the Nature of the Universe". Virtually nothing is known about the life of Lucretius. Jerome tells how he was driven mad by a love potion and wrote his poetry between fits of insanity, eventually committing suicide in middle age; but modern scholarship suggests this account was likely an invention. The De rerum natura was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil and Horace. It virtually disappeared during the Middle Ages, but was rediscovered in a monastery in Germany in 1417, by Poggio Bracciolini, and played an important role both in the development of atomism and the efforts of various figures of the Enlightenment era to construct a new Christian humanism.

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   The numerical value of lucretius in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

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   The numerical value of lucretius in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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