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Lucretius page.47 — jenna

When i was reading this piece it opened my eyes in a perspective to love. How much energy and thrive we put into god's hands for him to guide us in the path of what we are capable of accomplishing. It talks about venus and mars and the underlining love between them and how only the…

Lucretius pg.45

I honestly found this poem interesting it made me look at life from a different perspective, though when Epicureanism is talking about his beliefs and ideology over how he thinks that the gods do not have any part in our daily lives and rather they sit on the edge of the universe in a state of…

Trauma & The Religious Response

(I read Lucretius by the way)

Existential Dread

I believe On The Nature Of Things is inherently a story about how Lucretius, and by extension Roman society, grapples with the trauma of warfare and the…

Lucretius

The most that I’ve taken from this story was many comparisons between gods and man and how nothing is permanent and everything has a cycle. I also noticed all of the the talking of Atoms and composition of humans and the world. I also found it interesting how much he dove into science even though he lived so long ago, and also talks of gods in such a way.

On the Nature of Things by Lucretius

Lucretius, it seems, in On the Nature of Things conducts an elaborate satire regarding his Epicurean beliefs. In his elongated ode to the goddess Venus, he champions her sovereignty and involvement in human affairs. Ironically though, Epicureans believe the gods…

Anaxagoras

I find beauty in the complication of the writing; it drives the reader to think. What is this about? What am I reading? Upon closer look, I find that Anaxagoras is still confusing. His philosophy revolves around the mind and the structure of the universe. I initially thought that the mind would quite…

Lucretius

I found this poetic writing very grasping. Pulling me to want to read more on where the words world be taken next. How religion was presented as a goddess herself. Makes me thing that those who believed that if there was gods and goddesses. Then why, usher that all things are created and die. Which is just…

Lucretius pg. 47

From what I’ve read so far, the way I interpreted the poem is different than many of the others. It seems as though Lucretius is giving a sermon. He praises Venus but then he goes on to talk about the nature of man and our need for victory over everything we see including our own nature. Lucretius…

Lucretius pg.47 The Nature of Things

I really liked reading this piece, something about it really spoke to me. Maybe its because I’m a hopeless romantic or something more, but it was really delightful to read. I loved the way he described Venus, however, I’m not sure if it was from the perspective of…

Lucretius

I believe Lucretius treats the Greek gods like a sort of nirvana. The Buddhists never worshipped a god and had the same view of materialistic goods in order to reach that “higher” state. When I saw his poem regarding Venus (Aphrodite), it showed me that he wasn’t exactly trying to take away from the…