Lucretius : poet and epicurean
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Lucretius : poet and epicurean
（Greece & Rome : texts and contexts）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-151) and index
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An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. What is the world made of? How can we be happy? What happens after death? Drawing on the philosophical teachings of Epicurus, Lucretius seeks to answer these and other big questions in his masterful poem 'On the nature of things'. This book offers a selection of key passages from the poem. In addition it gives students insight into its artistic inventiveness, provides a cultural and historical frame of reference, and offers access to the Epicurean philosophy underlying the poem.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The existence of atoms and void
- 2. Atomic motion, shape and properties
- 3. The nature of the spirit and mind
- 4. The processes of sensation and thought
- 5. Our world, the origins of life and civilisation
- 6. Phenomena of our world explained
- Recommended reading
- Glossary of people
- Index.
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