On the Nature of Things Audiobook (Free)

Lucretius was created in 99 BC, and On the type of Stuff is his only surviving function. His goal was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors – the gods and death. Lucretius argues that this gods aren’t actively involved with life, so need not be appeased; and that death may be the end of everything human – body and soul – and therefore shouldn’t be feared. But On the type of Things is also a poem of stunning imagery, intimate organic observation and touching pathos. It is probably one of the most influential writings in Western thought.