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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.
Price: $189.00
Pages: 238
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements
Publication Date:
27 October 1998
ISBN: 9789004102309
Format: Other
'...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.
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.