PassagesToRemember
The following passages are worthy of being committed to memory. This list includes famous lines that come down to us in the original form, having survived for thousands of years from the ancient world of the Epicureans.
- The opening line of Lucretius, one of the most famous poems in human history: (Latin and English):
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| 2. Virgil's famous statement about Lucretius (Latin and English) |
- The first four Principle Doctrines (Greek and English):
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| 2. Ovid's Statement about Lucretius (poem of Lucretius will survive to the end of the world) | |
| 3. Horace's "Carpe diem) |
- Lucretius's summary of the significance of Epicurus from Book One of his poem: (Humana, ante oculos, ......)