Lucretius

De Rerum Natura Book III
2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-521-17389-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 268 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lucretius

Kenney, E. J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Supplementary introduction; Text; Commentary.

Über Autor(innen)

Kenney, E. J.
E. J. Kenney is Professor Emeritus of Latin at the University of Cambridge.