Description: 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.
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EAN: 9780521173896
UPC: 9780521173896
ISBN: 9780521173896
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Item Length: 21.6 cm
Book Title: Lucretius: De Rerum Naturabook III
Item Height: 215mm
Item Width: 137mm
Author: Lucretius
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Literature
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: Ancient Literature
Item Weight: 340g
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
