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Lucrèce et les sciences de la vie
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Schrijvers
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English
Published/Copyright:
1998
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This volume contains a collection of 11 studies on the philosophical and scientific background of Lucretius' De rerum natura. The studies 1-7 form a running commentary on the history of ideas in Drn. 5.780-1160 (Lucretius' famous description of the History of Human Mankind); 8-10 discuss some topics from book 4 (sleep, dreams, optical illusions) in relationship to other philosophical doctrines and ancient medical thought; the last study (11) treats the use of analogy by Lucretius.
Author / Editor information
P.H. Schrijvers, Ph.D. (1970) in Latin Literature, is Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Leiden. He has published extensively on Latin literary (Horace, Lucan), philosophical (Seneca) and medical (Caelius Aurelianus) texts.
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'...this useful collected edition must find a place on every Lucretius reading list.'
Gordon Campbell, Journal of Roman Studies, 2000.
Gordon Campbell, Journal of Roman Studies, 2000.
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July 17, 2018
eBook ISBN:
9789004351448
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238
eBook ISBN:
9789004351448
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in the history of ancient philosophy, ancient sciences (biology, medicine, political science) as well as classical philologists.
