In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life.

Inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum
et quasi cursores vitai lampada tradunt.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things

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Topic

Circle of life Life and death Change

Author

Lucretius

Source

On the Nature of Things

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

50 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Philosopher Poet Writer

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Italy Europe Roman Republic

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Original Citation

Lucretius. De Rerum Natura. c. 100 B. C., bk. 2, l. 75.

Current Citation

Lucretius. On the Nature of Things. Translated by W. H. D. Rouse. Harvard UP, 1924, bk. 2, l. 75.

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