Lucretius: De Rerum NaturaBook III
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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…
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Key features
- 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
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511843754
- Series Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
- Subjects Ancient Philosophy,Classical Literature,Classical Studies
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 29 September 2014
- ISBN: 9781107002111
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.46kg
- Contains: 1 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 272 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 29 September 2014
- ISBN: 9780521173896
- Dimensions (mm): 216 x 138 mm
- Weight: 0.34kg
- Contains: 1 b/w illus.
- Page extent: 268 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 12 September 2018
- ISBN: 9780511843754
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