Lucretius Quotes on God
Titus Lucretius Carus was a 1st-century BC Roman poet and Epicurean philosopher, known for his sole surviving work, the long Latin poem De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things. This page collects quotes attributed to Lucretius on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Lucretius:
“So great is the power of religion to incite to evil deeds.”
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“The living force of his soul gained the day: on he passed far beyond the flaming walls of the world and traversed throughout in mind and spirit the immeasurable universe.”
Ergo vivida vis animi pervicit et extra processit longe flammantia moenia mundi atque omne immensum peragravit mente animoque. -
“Superstition is now in her turn cast down and trampled underfoot, whilst we by the victory are exalted high as heaven.”
Quare religio pedibus subiecta vicissim opteritur, nos exaequat victoria caelo. -
“Again and again our foe, religion, has given birth to deeds sinful and unholy.”
Saepius illa religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta.