Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of
Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the
materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful
poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became
a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary
history, the history of science, and the Enlightenment. In this
2007 Cambridge Companion experts in the history of literature,
philosophy and science discuss the poem in its ancient contexts and
in its reception both as a literary text and as a vehicle for
progressive ideas. The Companion is designed both as an accessible
handbook for the general reader who wishes to learn about
Lucretius, and as a series of stimulating essays for students of
classical antiquity and its reception. It is completely accessible
to the reader who has only read Lucretius in translation.
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