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Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom (Hardcover, New)
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Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom (Hardcover, New)
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This book is designed to appeal both to those interested in Roman
poetry and to specialists in ancient philosophy. In it David Sedley
explores Lucretius' complex relationship with Greek culture, in
particular with Empedocles, whose poetry was the model for his own,
with Epicurus, the source of his philosophical inspiration, and
with the Greek language itself. He includes a detailed
reconstruction of Epicurus' great treatise On Nature, and seeks to
show how Lucretius worked with this as his sole philosophical
source, but gradually emancipated himself from its structure,
transforming its raw contents into something radically new. By
pursuing these themes, the book uncovers many unrecognised aspects
of Lucretius' methods and achievements as a poetic craftsman.
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