PHILOSOPHER

Lucretius

94 BC - 55 BC

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Titus Lucretius Carus ( TY-təs loo-KREE-shəs; Latin: [ˈtitus luˈkreːti.us ˈkaːrus]; c. 99 – October 15, 55 BC) 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 On the Nature of the Universe. Very little is known about Lucretius's life; the only certainty is that he was either a friend or client of Gaius Memmius, to whom the poem was addressed and dedicated. De rerum natura was a considerable influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil (in his Aeneid and Georgics, and to a lesser extent on the Eclogues) and Horace. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucretius is the 40th most popular philosopher (up from 49th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Italy (down from 56th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Philosopher.

Lucretius is most famous for his poem "De Rerum Natura" which is a long didactic poem about the nature of the universe and the development of life.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Lucretius ranks 40 out of 1,267. Before him are Martin Heidegger, Maria Montessori, Parmenides, Søren Kierkegaard, Origen, and Al-Farabi. After him are Rajneesh, Michel de Montaigne, Sun Tzu, Empedocles, Plutarch, and Anaximander.

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Among people born in 94 BC, Lucretius ranks 1. After him are Emperor Zhao of Han, Clodia Pulchra, Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus. Among people deceased in 55 BC, Lucretius ranks 1. After him are Tigranes the Great, Berenice IV of Egypt, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucretius ranks 75 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Leo XII (1760), Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), and Saint Lucy (283). After him are Catherine de' Medici (1519), Pope Pius VIII (1761), Vespasian (9), Gioachino Rossini (1792), Domitian (51), and Pope Urban VIII (1568).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Italy

Among philosophers born in Italy, Lucretius ranks 5. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli (1469), Thomas Aquinas (1225), Maria Montessori (1870), and Parmenides (-501). After him are Empedocles (-490), Zeno of Elea (-490), Antonio Gramsci (1891), Pliny the Elder (23), Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463), Boethius (480), and Bonaventure (1221).

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