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Vergil's Empire - Political Thought in the Aeneid (Paperback)
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Vergil's Empire - Political Thought in the Aeneid (Paperback)
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In Vergil's Empire, Eve Adler offers an exciting new interpretation
of the political thought of Vergil's Aeneid. Adler argues that in
this epic poem, Vergil presents the theoretical foundations of a
new political order, one that resolves the conflict between
scientific enlightenment and ancestral religion that permeated the
ancient world. The work concentrates on Vergil's response to the
physics, psychology, and political implications of Lucretius'
Epicurean doctrine expressed in De Rerum Natura. Proceeding by a
close analysis of the Aeneid, Adler examines Vergil's critique of
Carthage as a model of universal enlightenment, his positive
doctrine of Rome as a model of universal religion, and his
criticism of the heroism of Achilles, Odysseus, and Epicurus in
favor of the heroism of Aeneas. Beautifully written and clearly
argued, Vergil's Empire will be of great value to all interested in
the classical world.
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