"His imagination possesses a force that does not stop at the surface, but pursues things in the depths of their essence. Thus he achieves the effect of making alive and concrete everything he touches and describes, even if they are arduous and abstract concepts. These come out as if by magic from the nebula of abstraction: or that they are dressed (as is usually the case) in metaphorical images; or that flaunt their new and almost primordial nakedness. Lucretius is in fact a great creator of expressions. That is why he has succeeded in the poetry of science, in which so many others have failed. of all times and of all literature. (p. 127)"