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Lucretius, Roman poet and philosopher (died 55 BCE)

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Lucretius

1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher

Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem De rerum natura, a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, which usually is translated into English as On the Nature of Things—and somewhat less often as…
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October 15

Day of the year

October 15 is the 288th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 77 days remain until the end of the year.
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