<만물의 본성에 대하여> 영문판.
루크레티우스의 철학 서사시.
에피쿠로스(Epikouros)에 대한 찬미와 원자론적 합리주의를 다루었다. 고대 원자론의 원칙에 의해 자연현상, 사회 제도, 관습을 자연적 합리적으로 설명하고, 영혼과 신에 대한 편견을 비판하였다.

BOOK I
1. Proem
2. Substance Is Eternal
3. The Void
4. Nothing Exists Per Se Except Atoms and the Void
5. Character of the Atoms
6. Confutation of Other Philosophers
7. The Infinity of the Universe
BOOK II
8. Proem
9. Atomic Motions
10. Atomic Forms and Their Combinations
11. Absence of Secondary Qualities
12. Infinite Worlds
BOOK III
13. Proem
14. Nature and Composition of the Mind
15. The Soul Is Mortal
16. Folly of the Fear of Death
BOOK IV
17. Proem
18. Existence and Character of the Images
19. The Senses and Mental Pictures
20. Some Vital Functions
21. The Passion of Love
BOOK V
22. Proem
23. Argument of the Book and New Proem Against a Teleological Concept
24. The World Is Not Eternal
25. Formation of the World and Astronomical Questions
26. Origins of Vegetable and Animal Life
27. Origins and Savage Period of Mankind
28. Beginnings of Civilization
BOOK VI
29. Proem
30. Great Meteorological Phenomena, Etc.
31. Extraordinary and Paradoxical Telluric Phenomena
32. The Plague Athens