On the Nature of Things | 
Still going in my epicurean phase🤗😀. Amazingly I am enjoying this so far. Found a podcast of folks discussing the poem and I am trying to follow along.
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Still going in my epicurean phase🤗😀. Amazingly I am enjoying this so far. Found a podcast of folks discussing the poem and I am trying to follow along.
Close up of the Loeb Classics for @GlassAsDiamonds It was easier than typing out the names in a comment 😂
Been doing a lot of reading by flashlight thanks to #HurricaneFlorence. So thankful to be safe though! There's a lot of flooding in our area now, but our house is on high ground. I guess it's not the worst to wrap up in a blanket and read in the dark! Stay safe, y'all! #NC
"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."
Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
Paper Mache sculpture by Tanaka Kazuhiko
#lucretius #TheBookKeeper #sculpture #classics #whyweread #philosophy
(I hope this the right translation I am linking!) Reading this translation by A.E. Stallings (in rhyming fourteeners no less!) inspired me to pick this poem of hers for our October poem of the month.
Watch a man in times of adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off.
