Reddit reviews The Nature of Things (Penguin Classics)

I made a post in /r/Stoicism a while ago when someone asked about books for Epicureanism. I'll just repost it here:

The influences of Epicurus spread through much of the writings of other philosophers and major historical figures. Prominent examples include Isaac Newton, Karl Marx, and Thomas Jefferson. In fact, the pursuit of happiness part from Jefferson's Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was likely heavily influenced by Epicurus.

Anyway, here's some reading material since /r/Epicurus is a barren wasteland where everyone seems to just downvote none stop:

• On the Nature of Things by Lucretius. Here's the translation I have. Most of Epicurus' writings have unfortunately not survived. As a result, this remains the best primary resource for those wishing to study Epicureanism.
  
  
• The Art of Happiness by Epicurus and others. This is a collection of Epicurean writings, including Epicurus' fragments. It also includes some of Lucretius' writings from the above work, plus other stuff that you can read in the Amazon description, so keep that in mind when considering buying.
  
  
• The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt is a narrative of the discovery of the old Lucretius manuscript of The Nature of Things by Poggio, a fifteenth-century Florentine and Roman scholar. Greenblatt analyzes the poem's subsequent impact on the development of the Renaissance, the Reformation, and modern science.
  
  
• The fragments of Epicurus.
  
  And some extra stuff that might be worth checking out:
  
  
• The Essential Epicurus by Epicurus, trans. Eugene O'Connor
  
  
• The Cambridge Companion to Epicureanism by James Warren

Here's a wholesome classic, Lucretius.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Nature-Things-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140447962/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371675762&sr=8-1&keywords=Lucretius&tag=68656c7064757-20

Lovely classical 1BC Atheist poetry.

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If you like Epicurus, you'd like Lucretius. His "De rerum natura" was beautifully translated a few years ago.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Nature-Things-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140447962

I have that same Penguin version of de rerum natura, but I'll check out the Loeb one. I see that the new Penguin version is done by A.E. Stallings, who seems to be well regarded, so I might check that out as well. This seems to be a reliable versed translation, or so reviewers ranked highly by google tell me. Alas, I've read the wikipedia and many random articles on sexuality in Rome, I'll just have to use the google to find further resources. Thanks for the recommendations.