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Lucretius in the modern world /
Lucretius' On the Nature of Things - one of the glories of Latin literature - provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. The poem played a crucial role in the reinvention of science in the seventeenth century, its influence on the French Enlightenment wa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2000.
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| Colección: | Classical inter/faces.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Lucretius' On the Nature of Things - one of the glories of Latin literature - provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. The poem played a crucial role in the reinvention of science in the seventeenth century, its influence on the French Enlightenment was powerful and pervasive, and it became a major battlefield in the wars of religion with science in nineteenth-century England. But in the twentieth century, despite its vital contributions to modern thought and civilisation, it has been largely neglected by common readers and scientists alike. This book. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (174 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472502278 1472502272 0715628828 9780715628829 |