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Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom
Language: en
Pages: 264
Authors: D. N. Sedley
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the nature of things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius. By showing how he worked
Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom
Language: en
Pages: 254
Authors: David N. Sedley
Categories: Didactic poetry, Latin
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This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius. By showing how he worked
Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism
Language: en
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Authors: Phillip Mitsis
Categories: PHILOSOPHY
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This volume offers authoritative discussions of all aspects of the philosophy of Epicurus (340-271 BCE) and then traces Epicurean influences throughout the West
Empedocles Redivivus
Language: en
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Authors: Myrto Garani
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This book consists of a thorough study of Lucretius’ poetic and philosophical debt to Empedocles, focusing on their respective uses of analogy and examining h
Lucretius and the Language of Nature
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Authors: Barnaby Taylor
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Lucretius' Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura ('On the Nature of Things'), written in the middle of the first century BC, made a fundamental and lasting contributio