A crítica de Tito Lucrécio caro às superstições religiosas no poema de Rerum Natura

Abstract

This article presents the criticizes of poet Titus Lucretius Carus to religious superstitions of the roman people in the poem De rerum natura, as well as the proposal for overcoming them through the correct understanding of the nature of the things and the gods, in the light of the teachings of Epicurus. At the end of this course, that to follow the doctrine of the Philosopher of the Garden, as proposed by Lucretius, able to achieve the peace of the soul and the happy life.