Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III
2nd Edition
Part of Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Real Author: Lucretius
- Editor: E. J. Kenney, University of Cambridge
- Date Published: July 2014
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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.
Read more- Expert introduction to and commentary on one of the greatest of Roman poets
- Detailed help given with Lucretius' dense and philosophically difficult language
- This second 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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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: July 2014
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781316055823
- contains: 1 b/w illus.
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