On The Nature Of Things

                          by Titus Lucretius Carus

                              Written 50 B.C.

                    Translated By William Ellery Leonard



 Book I                  Book III               Book VI

      Proem [11.6k]           Proem [9.4k]           Proem [9.9k]

      Substance Is            Nature And             Great Meteorological

 Eternal [15.2k]         Composition Of The     Phenomena, Etc [48.1k]

      The Void [8.6k]    Mind [25.6k]                Extraordinary And

      Nothing Exists Per      The Soul Is       Paradoxical Telluric

 Se Except Atoms And The Mortal [34.2k]         Phenomena [46.3k]

 Void [6.7k]                  Folly Of The Fear      The Plague Athens

      Character Of The   Of Death [22.9k]       [14.3k]

 Atoms [13.5k]

      Confutation Of     Book IV

 Other Philosophers           Proem [4.3k]

 [23.6k]                      Existence And

      The Infinity Of    Character Of The

 The Universe [18.3k]    Images [16.9k]

                              The Senses And

 Book II                 Mental Pictures

      Proem [6.9k]       [51.3k]

      Atomic Motions          Some Vital

 [23.8k]                 Functions [20.4k]

      Atomic Forms And        The Passion Of

 Their Combinations      Love [22.3k]

 [33.3k]

      Absence Of         Book V

 Secondary Qualities          Proem [6.5k]

 [22.6k]                      Argument Of The

      Infinite Worlds    Book And New Proem

 [17.7k]                 Against Teleological

                         Concept [17.3k]

                              The World Is Not

                         Eternal [18.6k]

                              Formation Of The

                         World And Astronomical

                         Questions [33.7k]

                              Origins Of

                         Vegetable And Animal

                         Life [15.6k]

                              Origins And

                         Savage Period Of

                         Mankind [9.4k]

                              Beginnings Of

                         Civilization [40.0k]