Associations to the word «Lucretius»

Wiktionary

LUCRETIUS, proper noun. A male given name of mostly historical use in English.
LUCRETIUS, proper noun. Titus Lucretius Carus, a Roman poet and philosopher.

Dictionary definition

LUCRETIUS, noun. Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley