The Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
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 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…
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Weitere Autoren: Hardie, Philip (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-84801-5
- EAN: 9780521848015
- Produktnummer: 2917848
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.5 cm 708 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 708
Über den Autor
Stuart Gillespie is Reader in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. Philip Hardie is Senior Research Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.
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