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9780521173896: Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Book Iii
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ISBN 10 : 0521173892 ISBN 13 : 9780521173896
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The third book of Lucretius' great poem on the workings of the universe is devoted entirely to expounding the implications of Epicurus' dictum that death does not matter, 'is nothing to us'. The soul is not immortal: it no more exists after the dissolution of the body than it had done before its birth. Only if this fact is accepted can men rid themselves of irrational fears and achieve the state of ataraxia, freedom from mental disturbance, on which the Epicurean definition of pleasure was based. To present this case Lucretius deploys the full range of poetic and rhetorical registers, soberly prohibitive, artfully decorative or passionately emotive as best suits his argument, reinforcing it with vivid and compelling imagery. This new edition has been completely revised, with a considerably enlarged Commentary and a new supplementary introduction taking account of the great amount of new scholarship of the last forty years.

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À propos de l'auteur

E. J. Kenney is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Cambridge.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521173892
ISBN 13 
9780521173896
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
270
Coordonnées du fabricant
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