Lucretius and the modern world /
Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, provides a poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. This book offers a description of the poem, with special emphasis on its version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system that suits such a universe.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2006.
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| Series: | Classical inter/faces.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Lucretius' On the Nature of Things, provides a poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. This book offers a description of the poem, with special emphasis on its version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system that suits such a universe. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Duckworth, 2000. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472502278 1472502272 9781472539908 1472539907 0715628828 9780715628829 9781472502285 1472502280 |
