September 2, 2026 at 6:00 AM
“Life is one long struggle in the dark.”
- Lucretius🌱
- Lucretius🌱
December 18, 2024 at 4:23 AM
“Life is one long struggle in the dark.”
- Lucretius🌱
- Lucretius🌱
In De Rerum Natura (2st Cent BC) Lucretius complains that sacrifice of children by parents is a common problem in all religions, "potent superstition in persuading to evil deeds"
September 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
In De Rerum Natura (2st Cent BC) Lucretius complains that sacrifice of children by parents is a common problem in all religions, "potent superstition in persuading to evil deeds"
dulcinea ft. lucretius 💃
July 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
dulcinea ft. lucretius 💃
Two students standing on the bridge over the Mississippi taking about Lucretius and you know … sometimes I just love campuses.
February 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Two students standing on the bridge over the Mississippi taking about Lucretius and you know … sometimes I just love campuses.
The beginning of Lucretius' De natura rerum with a mappa mundi
BL Harley 2694; Lucretius, De natura rerum; c.1475 CE- c.1485 CE; Italy, S. (Naples); f.1r
BL Harley 2694; Lucretius, De natura rerum; c.1475 CE- c.1485 CE; Italy, S. (Naples); f.1r
November 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The beginning of Lucretius' De natura rerum with a mappa mundi
BL Harley 2694; Lucretius, De natura rerum; c.1475 CE- c.1485 CE; Italy, S. (Naples); f.1r
BL Harley 2694; Lucretius, De natura rerum; c.1475 CE- c.1485 CE; Italy, S. (Naples); f.1r
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“Nothing
can be created out of Nothing.”
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Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher from the first century BC known for his epic poem “On the Nature of Things” explaining atomic theory. #Philosophy #poet
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️ #Roman
Lucretius’s ideas became central to modern scientific theory.
“Nothing
can be created out of Nothing.”
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️
Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher from the first century BC known for his epic poem “On the Nature of Things” explaining atomic theory. #Philosophy #poet
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️ #Roman
Lucretius’s ideas became central to modern scientific theory.
June 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️
“Nothing
can be created out of Nothing.”
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️
Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher from the first century BC known for his epic poem “On the Nature of Things” explaining atomic theory. #Philosophy #poet
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️ #Roman
Lucretius’s ideas became central to modern scientific theory.
“Nothing
can be created out of Nothing.”
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️
Lucretius was a Roman poet and philosopher from the first century BC known for his epic poem “On the Nature of Things” explaining atomic theory. #Philosophy #poet
⚛️⚛️⚛️⚛️ #Roman
Lucretius’s ideas became central to modern scientific theory.
Lucretius was a silly goose
August 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Lucretius was a silly goose
November 23, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Tbf having Lucretius write your explainer is basically cheating.
September 30, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Tbf having Lucretius write your explainer is basically cheating.
Fun Fact: Lucretius’ “On The Nature of Things” is “Metal.” 🤘🏻
February 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Fun Fact: Lucretius’ “On The Nature of Things” is “Metal.” 🤘🏻
Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance is excellent, fwiw
July 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Reading Lucretius in the Renaissance is excellent, fwiw
Only in Italy: train-station bookstore, six copies of Lucretius from five different publishers, each of course with facing-page Latin text. To me, that’s civilization.
February 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Only in Italy: train-station bookstore, six copies of Lucretius from five different publishers, each of course with facing-page Latin text. To me, that’s civilization.
I said parents but really, fathers. Lucretius gives the example of the sacrifice of Iphigenia by Agamemnon
September 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I said parents but really, fathers. Lucretius gives the example of the sacrifice of Iphigenia by Agamemnon
This is a must-read. Another example of the Lucretius Problem, whereby humans can’t accept something happening because it hasn’t happened before.
Hard to overstate the excellence of this long-read from @shaunwalker7.bsky.social on the Western and Ukrainian intelligence run-up to Russia's full-scale invasion: the Iraq War's legacy, Zelensky v Zaluzhny, the geopolitical forces that shaped what followed. Awesome work, wonderful writing.
A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
This is a must-read. Another example of the Lucretius Problem, whereby humans can’t accept something happening because it hasn’t happened before.
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Lucretius was surely aware of the reputed routine sacrifice of children to Ba’al Hammon in Carthage, recently Rome’s chief rival for power in the Mediterranean.
September 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Lucretius was surely aware of the reputed routine sacrifice of children to Ba’al Hammon in Carthage, recently Rome’s chief rival for power in the Mediterranean.
Our lives we borrow from each other . . .
Lucretius
Lucretius
March 12, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Our lives we borrow from each other . . .
Lucretius
Lucretius
nobody who follows me cares about lucretius
September 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM
nobody who follows me cares about lucretius
Paxton Viator Lucretius where ARE you going with all that?
April 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Paxton Viator Lucretius where ARE you going with all that?
Have you read Ada Palmer's dissertation on reading Lucretius?
September 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Have you read Ada Palmer's dissertation on reading Lucretius?
Lucretius, 1st Century BC // scientists, 2013
January 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Lucretius, 1st Century BC // scientists, 2013
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
Lucretius
Lucretius
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated.
Lucretius
Lucretius