Library Contents - Complete Guide to Key Sources

This library contains the essential texts for studying Epicurean philosophy, organized by category for easy navigation.

Finding Aids & Overview

Resources to help you navigate the primary texts and find what you need.

• Library Overview - Survey of all available texts
• Diogenes Laertius Finding Aid - Navigation guide for Book 10
• Lucretius Finding Aid - Topic-based guide to De Rerum Natura
• Recommended Reading - Suggested reading order and essential texts

Core Primary Sources (010-014)

The fundamental ancient texts that preserve Epicurus’ teachings.

• Diogenes Laertius Book 10 - Bailey Edition - Complete biography and three letters
• Epicurus - The Extant Remains - Bailey - Comprehensive collection
• The Inscription of Diogenes of Oinoanda - Large public inscription
• Epicurean Fragments - Bailey Collection - Organized by topic
• Epicurean Fragments - Usener Collection - Comprehensive scholarly edition

Lucretius - De Rerum Natura Translations (020-030)

Multiple translations of Lucretius’ masterwork on Epicurean physics and ethics.

Complete Translations

• Bailey Translation - Scholarly prose translation
• Brown/Dunster Translation (1743) - Historic verse translation
• Humphries Translation - Modern verse
• Leonard Translation - Accessible prose
• MF Smith Translation - Scholarly edition
• Munro Translation - Classic Victorian translation
• Rouse Translation - Loeb Classical Library