(born Titus Lucretius Carus) 96?-55? ; Rom. poet & Epicurean philosopher
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(lo͞o-krēˈshəs, -shē-əs) In full Titus Lucretius Carus. 96?-55? B.C.
Roman philosopher and poet. His long poem On the Nature of Things expounds the atomistic physics of Epicurus in order to free its readers of superstition and the fear of death.