Thesauros Edebiyat didactic De Rerum Natura

De Rerum Natura

De Rerum Natura Lucretius Carus, Titus

Kitap 4

 
Deceives through mere opinions of the mind,
 
Which we do add ourselves, feigning to see
 
What by the senses are not seen at all. 25
 
For naught is harder than to separate
 
Plain facts from dubious, which the mind forthwith
 
Adds by itself.
 
Again, if one suppose
 
That naught is known, he knows not whether this
 
Itself is able to be known, since he
 
Confesses naught to know. Therefore with him
 
I waive discussion- who has set his head 5
 
Even where his feet should be. But let me grant
 
That this he knows,- I question: whence he knows
 
What 'tis to know and not-to-know in turn,
 
And what created concept of the truth,
 
And what device has proved the dubious 10
 
To differ from the certain?- since in things
 
He's heretofore seen naught of true. Thou'lt find
 
That from the senses first hath been create
 
Concept of truth, nor can the senses be
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