De May Philip
De May Philip - Lucretius Poet And Epicurean - Paperback
De May Philip - Lucretius Poet And Epicurean - Paperback
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Description: An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. What is the world made of? How can we be happy? What happens after death? Drawing on the philosophical teachings of Epicurus Lucretius seeks to answer these and other big questions in his masterful poem On the nature of things'. This book offers a selection of key passages from the poem. In addition it gives students insight into its artistic inventiveness provides a cultural and historical frame of reference and offers access to the Epicurean philosophy underlying the poem.
Title: Lucretius Poet And Epicurean
Author(s): De May Philip
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521721561
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 5/14/2009
Series: Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts
Category: Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
Description: An exciting series that provides students with direct access to the ancient world by offering new translations of extracts from its key texts. What is the world made of? How can we be happy? What happens after death? Drawing on the philosophical teachings of Epicurus Lucretius seeks to answer these and other big questions in his masterful poem On the nature of things'. This book offers a selection of key passages from the poem. In addition it gives students insight into its artistic inventiveness provides a cultural and historical frame of reference and offers access to the Epicurean philosophy underlying the poem.
Title: Lucretius Poet And Epicurean
Author(s): De May Philip
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9780521721561
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 5/14/2009
Series: Greece and Rome: Texts and Contexts
Category: Western Philosophy: Ancient, To C 500
