Excerpt from T. Lucreti Cari De Rerum Natura Libri Sex: With an Introduction and Notes to Books I, III, and V IN the present volume an attempt has been made to explain some portions of Lucretius' De Rem: Natura. The entire poem is published for the reason that, being a work of art, it ought to be presented as a whole. The first, third, and fifth books were chosen for comment because they contain the gist of the poet's doctrine, and a greater number of fine passages than the others. It is hoped that the reading of the remaining books will be facilitated by the analysis of the subject-matter given in the Introduction. If the method of annotating pursued in this volume meets with approval, an edition of the whole poem will shortly appear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.