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Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (Hardcover, New)
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Lucretius: Poetry, Philosophy, Science (Hardcover, New)
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Lucretius' didactic masterpiece De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of
Things) is one of the most brilliant and powerful poems in the
Latin language, a passionate attempt at dispelling humanity's fear
of death and its enslavement by false beliefs about the gods, and a
detailed exposition of Epicurean atomist physics. For centuries, it
has raised the question of whether it is primarily a poem or
primarily a philosophical treatise, which also presents scientific
doctrine. The current volume seeks to unite the three disciplinary
aspects - poetry, philosophy, and science - in order to offer a
holistic response to an important monument in cultural history.
With ten original essays and an analytical introduction, the volume
aims not only to combine different approaches within single covers,
but to offer responses to the poem by experts from all three
scholarly backgrounds. Philosophers and scholars of ancient science
look closely at the artistic placement of individual words, while
literary critics explore ethical matters and the contribution of
Lucretius' poetry to the argument of the poem. Topics covered
include death and grief, evolution and the cosmos, ethics and
politics, perception, and epistemology.
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