Download or read book Sensation and Sex written by Lucretius and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-08-25 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant, insightful and startlingly modern, the philosophy of Lucretius deeply influenced the course of European thought; here, he provides one of the first accounts of atomic theory, argues that there can be no life of the soul after death, and explores the sickness that we call love.