Lucretius and the Transformation of Greek Wisdom Tapa dura - 1998

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine copy Owner name.

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. .

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius.

Hardback. New. This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius.

Cambridge University Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0521570328 . Very Minor shelfwear to DJ else fine. ; This book studies the structure and origins of De Rerum Natura (On the nature of things) , the great first-century BC poem by Lucretius. By showing how he worked from the literary model set by the Greek poet Empedocles but under the philosophical inspiration of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, the book seeks to characterise Lucretius' unique poetic achivement. It is addressed to those interested both in Latin poetry and in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. ; 252 pages .

Brill, Leiden (...), 1999. IX,231p. Original greey gilt stamped cloth with dust wrps. Series: Mnemosyne, Supplementum 186. Nice copy. Like new. 'The volume contains eleven papers from 1974-1997, presenting a coherent and rich study of Lucretius' theories of human development (...) and applied psychology (...). Its audience will be scholarly perforce: it presupposes not merely the absence of malign ' Anglo-Saxon' monoglottism (p.170) - ten essays are in French, one in German - but a facility with the rather testing Greek of the scholia on Epicurus. (There are no translations of Latin or Greek, even when the readings are controversial or corrupt. Those who pass these hurdles will be infuriated by its inept system of bibliographical references, amused by the odd error in the transcription of English (...), but richly rewarded by its profound learning and suggestive conclusions. Whether of not one accepts these conclusions, Schrijvers's method in these papers - 'confronting'… Leer más

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