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Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom
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Pages: 264
Authors: D. N. Sedley
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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
Empedocles Redivivus
Language: en
Pages: 337
Authors: Myrto Garani
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-12 - Publisher: Routledge

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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
Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism
Language: en
Pages: 848
Authors: Phillip Mitsis
Categories: PHILOSOPHY
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Oxford Handbooks

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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
Lucretius and the Language of Nature
Language: en
Pages: 236
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
The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
Language: en
Pages: 612
Authors: Stuart Gillespie
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-10-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and