Download or read book On the Nature of Things written by Lucretius and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura--long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography.