Lucretius on creation and evolution : a commentary on De rerum natura, book five, lines 772-1104
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Lucretius on creation and evolution : a commentary on De rerum natura, book five, lines 772-1104
(Oxford classical monographs)
Oxford University Press, 2003
Available at / 11 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Text in English; includes quotations in Latin and ancient Greek
Includes bibliographical references (p. [354]-376) and indexes
Appendices: p. [330]-353
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Lucretius' account of the origin of life, the origin of species, and human prehistory is the longest and most detailed account extant from the ancient world. It gives an anti-teleological mechanistic theory of zoogony and the origin of species that does away with the need for any divine aid or design in the process, and accordingly it has been seen as a forerunner of Darwin's theory of evolution. This commentary locates Lucretius in both the ancient and modern
contexts, and treats Lucretius' ideas as very much alive rather than as historical concepts. The recent revival of creationism makes this study particularly relevant to contemporary debate, and indeed, many of the central questions posed by creationists are those Lucretius attempts to answer.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Text
- Translation
- Commentary
by "Nielsen BookData"