Lucretius felt moved to write a hexameter poem on the topic and entitled it De rerum natura, the way things are. |
Lucretius was too literal, positivistic, and insistent for such a delicate task. |
The simple number schemes he favored for this purpose are more ancient than the atomist theory of Lucretius, and more obvious. |
Besides, it would just be considered facetiousTo look at Lucretius. |
The message of Lucretius to the Roman was practically the same. |
But Lucretius does not conceive this progress will continue. |