Excerpt from T. Lucreti Cari De Rerum Natura Liber Primus: Edited With Introduction, Notes and Index The First Book is one of the finest in the poem, and it is also one of the hardest and needs much explana tion. In order to keep my book within moderate compass, I have restricted illustration, even from the other books of Lucretius, within narrow limits; and I have seldom noticed readings or explanations which I believed to be wrong. But I have tried to leave no difficulty undiscussed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.