Definitions for "Lucretius"
(c 96-55 BC) Roman philosophical poet; disciple of Epicurus. After his wife gave him a love philtre, he went insane and committed suicide. He promoted Epicurean doctrine through his book De Rerum Natura which dealt with physics, psychology, and ethics.
Poet and philosopher who advocated the existence of man on a natural scientific level.
Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)
Lucretius is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the southeast of the huge Hertzsprung walled basin, within the outer skirt of ejecta that surrounds that impact feature. To the southwest of Lucretius lies the Fridman crater.