Lucretius: De Rerum Natura - Couverture rigide

Lucretius

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ISBN 10 : 0674992008 ISBN 13 : 9780674992009

Editeur : Harvard University Press, 1924

Synopsis

Book by Titus Lucretius Carus WHD Rouse MF Smith

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Biographie de l'auteur

About the Author:

"Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 BC- ca. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the epic philosophical poem De Rerum Natura, On the Nature of Things.

Very little is known about Lucretius' life. One source of information (generally considered unreliable) is St. Jerome, who mentions Lucretius in the Chronica Eusebii. Here we find the following notice: "Titus Lucretius the poet is born. Later he was driven mad by a love potion, and when, during the intervals of his insanity, he had written a number of books, which were later emended by Cicero, he killed himself by his own hand in the 44th year of his life." In most manuscripts this notice is entered under the year 94 BC, but in others under 93 or 96. This gives us the following alternative dates for Lucretius' life and death: 96-53/52, 94-51/50, and 93-50/49.

In the Oxford World's Classics edition of "On the Nature of the Universe," the editors, Don and Peta Fowler, note that the story told by St. Jerome is unlikely. The Fowlers state that Lucretius was most likely an aristocrat and his poem "shows familiarity with the luxurious life-style of great houses in Rome."" (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harvard University Press
• Date d'édition: 1924
• ISBN 10: 0674992008
• ISBN 13: 9780674992009
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 672