On the Nature of the Universe

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-12-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Classics
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Table of Contents

Reviser's Preface vii(2)
Introduction ix(24)
Bibliography xxxiii
ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE
1(2)
Synopsis 3(7)
BOOK ONE: Matter and Space 10(28)
BOOK TWO: Movements and Shapes of Atoms 38(29)
BOOK THREE: Life and Mind 67(28)
BOOK FOUR: Sensation and Sex 95(34)
BOOK FIVE: Cosmology and Sociology 129(38)
BOOK SIX: Meteorology and Geology 167(33)
Notes 200(44)
Appendix A: The Prelude to the Poem 244(7)
Appendix B: Memmius 251(4)
Appendix C: Smallest Parts 255(4)
Appendix D: The Text 259(9)
Appendix E: The Ending of the Poem 268

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